Coursework 3
Computer Processors (COMP1212)
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Submission You must submit your work via Gradescope.
Deadline 1700 GMT 26/03/2021.
Weighting This piece of summative coursework is worth 25% of the module grade.
1. Write a program in HACK assembly, without using symbols, that computes the
bitwise exclusive or (XOR) of the values stored in RAM[1] and the value of the
memory location with address stored in RAM[2]. The result of the computation
should be stored in RAM[0].
You can think of RAM[2] as being a pointer to where the second operand of the XOR
is stored.
The solution should be submitted in a file called “q1.asm”.
2. Write a program in HACK assembly, without using symbols, that sums the consecutive
set of memory locations starting from the memory address stored in RAM[1] up
to the memory address RAM[1] + RAM[2]. The result of the computation should be
stored in RAM[0]. Note, you need not consider the case of an overflow.
You can think of RAM[1] as being a pointer to an array of numbers, and RAM[2] as
being the length of the array you are summing over.
The solution should be submitted in a file called “q2.asm”.
Question 1 is worth 10 marks, and Question 2 is worth 15 marks.