based and direct. Instructions are encoded in two types: single-word and two-word with 3 addresses. Assuming there are no more than 576 -25- different instructions, what is the maximum possible number of general purpose r

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14.3 There exists processor with 16-bit word length (8-bit addressing unit) with a memory size of 32k words. The addressing method is register - based and direct. Instructions are encoded in two types: single-word and two-word with 3 addresses. Assuming there are no more than 576 -25- different instructions, what is the maximum possible number of general purpose registers in this processor?

Note: In single-word instructions all three operands are registers

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