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A computer has a main memory with 16 bits per word and a CPU with16 general purpose registers. The instruction set consists of10 differentoperations and each instruction has two operands. Each operandidentifies an immediate value, a register value, or a memory location.The processor can access memory using 6-bit addresses. Specify theinstruction fonnat and the number of bits in each field if the instructionis stored in one word of memory.

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A computer has a main memory with 16 bits per word and a CPU with16 general purpose registers. The instruction set consists of10 differentoperations and each instruction has two operands. Each operandidentifies an immediate value, a register value, or a memory location.The processor can access memory using 6-bit addresses. Specify theinstruction fonnat and the number of bits in each field if the instructionis stored in one word of memory.

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The instruction format for this computer is not explicitly mentioned in the given information. However, based on the provided details, we can make some assumptions.

Since each instruction has two operands and can identify immediate values, register values, or memory locations, we can assume that the instruction format includes fields for the operation code (opcode), the first operand, and the second operand.

The opcode field would need to be able to represent 10 different operations, which would require at least 4 bits (2^4 = 16). The first operand and second operand fields would need to be able to represent immediate values, register values, or memory locations.

The immediate value field would need to be able to represent values that can be stored in 16 bits, so it would require 16 bits. The register value field would need to be able to represent 16 general purpose registers, which would require 4 bits (2^4 = 16). The memory location field would need to be able to represent memory addresses using 6 bits.

Based on these assumptions, the instruction format could be as follows:

| Opcode (4 bits) | First Operand (16 bits) | Second Operand (16 bits) |

Therefore, the total number of bits in each instruction would be 4 + 16 + 16 = 36 bits.

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