Sample answers for the given trace when simulating the first 25 instructions: Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 1 to 2 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 3 to 4 Load stall for 1 cycle at instruction 5 Forwarding MEM/WB to ID/EX for instructions 4 to 5 Forwarding MEM/WB to ID/EX for instructions 5 to 7 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 7 to 8 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 8 to 9 Load stall for 1 cycle at instruction 13 Forwarding MEM/WB to ID/EX for instructions 12 to 13 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 14 to 15 Branch stall for 2 cycles at instruction 17 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 15 to 16 Load stall for 1 cycle at instruction 18 Forwarding MEM/WB to ID/EX for instructions 17 to 18 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 19 to 20 Branch stall for 2 cycles at instruction 22 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 20 to 21 Load stall for 1 cycle at instruction 23 Forwarding MEM/WB to ID/EX for instructions 22 to 23 Forwarding EX/MEM to ID/EX for instructions 24 to 25 Number of cycles: 37 Stalled for a total of 8 cycles Forwarded 14 times Distribution of opcodes: ADD: 4 SLL: 1 SLT: 3 ADDI: 7 ORI: 1 LUI: 2 LW: 5 BNE: 2 This is the first 25 instructions of the disassembled trace: 1 lui $1,4097 #la $a0,array 2 ori $4,$1,124 3 lui $1,4097 #lw $a1,size 4 lw $5,120($1) 5 sll $5,$5,2 #sll $a1,$a1,2 6 addi $8,$0,0 #addi $t0,$t0,0 7 addi $9,$5,-4 #addi $t1,$a1,-4 8 add $6,$4,$9 #add $a2,$a0,$t1 9 lw $9,0($6) #lw $t1,0($a2) 10 addi $13,$0,0 #addi $t5,$0,0 11 addi $12,$0,0 #addi $t4,$0,0 12 lw $16,0($6) #lw $s0,0($a2) 13 add $8,$8,$16 #add $t0,$t0,$s0 14 addi $12,$12,4 #addi $t4,$t4,4 15 slt $1,$12,$5 #blt $t4,$a1,loop 16 bne $1,$10,-5 17 lw $16,0($6) #lw $s0,0($a2) 18 add $8,$8,$16 #add $t0,$t0,$s0 19 addi $12,$12,4 #addi $t4,$t4,4 20 slt $1,$12,$5 #blt $t4,$a1,loop 21 bne $1,$10,-5 22 lw $16,0($6) #lw $s0,0($a2) 23 add $8,$8,$16 #add $t0,$t0,$s0 24 addi $12,$12,4 #addi $t4,$t4,4 25 slt $1,$12,$5 #blt $t4,$a1,loop Note that the actual source program only had one loop: 1 lui $1,4097 #la $a0,array 2 ori $4,$1,124 3 lui $1,4097 #lw $a1,size 4 lw $5,120($1) 5 sll $5,$5,2 #sll $a1,$a1,2 6 addi $8,$0,0 #addi $t0,$t0,0 7 addi $9,$5,-4 #addi $t1,$a1,-4 8 add $6,$4,$9 #add $a2,$a0,$t1 9 lw $9,0($6) #lw $t1,0($a2) 10 addi $13,$0,0 #addi $t5,$0,0 11 addi $12,$0,0 #addi $t4,$0,0 12 loop: lw $16,0($6) #lw $s0,0($a2) 13 add $8,$8,$16 #add $t0,$t0,$s0 14 addi $12,$12,4 #addi $t4,$t4,4 15 slt $1,$12,$5 #blt $t4,$a1,loop 16 bne $1,$10,loop Its purpose was to multiply the last element of an array by the number of elements in the array.