Q. Meaning of every field in MIPS instruction?
The meaning of every field in MIPS instruction is given below:
- op: operation code or opcode
- rs: First register source operand
- rt: Second register source operand
- rd: Destination register operand and stores the result of operation
- shamt: It is used in the case of shift operations
- funct: Field selects the specific variant of the operation in the opcode field, and is sometimes referred to as function code.
All MIPS instructions are of same length needing different kinds of instruction formats for different types of instructions.