Recall branches in b

BNE(ra, label, rc)

PC <PC> + 4

rc <PC>

if <ra> nonzero then

PC <PC> +

4 word_displacement

BNE

instr i

instr j

label:

PC

compute

word_displacement

Convenience

of a symbolic

assembly language!

“Fetch into rc the address of the next instruction.

If ra does not contain zero then add 4 times

word_displacement to the value of PC”.

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