Is it possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 16 bit instruction? We have registers R0 to R7. Can all 3 instruction types be accommodated in 16 bits? Explain. Instruction Opcode 175 instructions with 3 registers 255 instructions with 2 registers 512 instructions with 2 registers

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Is it possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 16 bit instruction? We have registers R0 to R7. Can all 3 instruction types be accommodated in 16 bits? Explain. Instruction Opcode 175 instructions with 3 registers 255 instructions with 2 registers 512 instructions with 2 registers

 

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