RTL: The Load Instruction

• lw rt, rs, imm16

  
  
  • mem[PC] Fetch the instruction from memory
    
  • Addr <- R[rs] + SignExt(imm16)
    Calculate the memory address
    R[rt] <- Mem[Addr] Load the data into the register
    
  • PC <- PC + 4 Calculate the next instruction’s address

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