Instruction Formats
The 32 bits can be split up more than one way
For add, it was 6-5-5-5-5-6
This is called R-format
For lw, we use 6-5-5-16 instead
This is called I-format
32 bits
op
rs
rt
address
6 bits
5 bits
5 bits
16 bits
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