ASSIGNMENT

Subject : Embedded Systems

Submitted by : Debashis Tarai
Roll No. : 14/EE/50

Benefits of long word instructions of PIC mid-range

controllers :

1. It provides Instruction level Parallelism (ILP) : A long word

instruction consist of multiple number of independent operations
grouped together, where each operation in the instruction is
aligned to a functional unit. So, long word instructions allow
execution of one or more operations at the same time, which
ultimately reduces execution time and allows faster operation.
2. Hardware complexity is reduced : PIC mid range controllers having
long word instructions do not need complex logic to check for
decoding and data dependencies while scheduling each instruction.

3. It ensures low power consumption due to reduced blocks and

complexity of hardware.

4. Use of such instructions lead to compressed programs. This is

because of the multiple operations that can be performed by a
single instruction which leads to the requirement of lesser number
of instructions per program and hence program size gets reduced.

5. Such type of instructions allow direct control of hardware with

minimal decoding. The reduced number of instructions per
program requires comparatively lesser decoding.

6. Interrupts are more easily managed by use of such instructions.