Faculty of Computer Studies

Computer Organization and Architecture

T103/TM103

TMA

Fall 2022-2023

Cut-off Date: TBA Total Marks: 20

Content Mark
MARIE
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Digital
Representation
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avoid plagiarism. The AOU has implemented techniques for plagiarism detection. You must
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Problem 1: Working with MARIE (10 Marks)

a) Write MARIE code to perform the following pseudocode excerpt, with an

explanation of each instruction in your code beside it.

Input a value for x

if(x > y)
max= x
else
max=y
Output the value of max

b) Provide a screenshot of the simulation result (A screenshot of the MARIE

Simulator window after running the program, showing the value at the output
window).
Instructions:
- Use “ORG” instruction to start your program at an address equivalent to 102410.
- Use your last university ID number to input the new value of x.
For example, if your ID is 2315161678235, then you will use the number 5 as
the value of x (value of y will be used as assigned below)
- Do not forget to change the Input and output boxes to decimal!
- You should include the necessary labels and directives at the end of your
program:
X, Dec 0
Y, Dec 6
max, Dec 0

Problem 2: Working with Digital Representation (10 Marks)

Given the following normalized 14-bit format with an excess-16 bias, answer the
following questions:
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

a- Find the equivalent decimal values of both numbers

b- Add the above given numbers using floating-point arithmetic and show the
result in a normalized 14-bit format with an excess-16 bias.
c- Prove that your answer in part b is correct by checking its decimal equivalent
value with the sum of the equivalent decimal values of both numbers you
calculated in part a.
End of TMA