about ICM instruction.

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about ICM instruction...

Answer / sanjeev mohindra

ICM means INsert character under mask. its a movement of character under mask bits
eg
ICM R8,B'0110',SRC

Before execution:
R8 ==> 12 34 56 78
SRC ==> AB CD EF 10

After Excecution:
R8 ==> 12 AB CD 78

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about ICM instruction...

Answer / steve holton

What about it? Loads selected bytes of a register selected
by a mask (leaves other bytes alone).

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about ICM instruction...

Answer / mohit neb

ICM stands for Insert Character under Mask. Operand 1 is a register, operand 2 is a 4-bit binary mask ( eg - B'1000' or the number 8) and operand 3 is a fullword in memory.

The important point is that contiguous memory bytes from the fullword (operand 3) are copied into selected bytes of the register (operand 1). The second operand say B'1100' does that selection. So a mask of B'1010' would insert two contiguous memory bytes from operand 3 to byte one and three of the operand 1 register.

Example :-
ICM 5,B'1010',FIELD

The above instruction would insert two contiguous bytes starting from FIELD into the first and the third byte of R5.

OBJECT CODE :- ( 4 Byte RS Instruction )

1 byte - OP Code
Next 1 byte - 4 bits for teh register and the other 4 for
the binary mask.
Next 2 bytes for operand 3 - B2D2D2D2

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 2 No

about ICM instruction...

Answer / sri

ICM means INsert character under mask. its a movement of character under mask bits
eg
ICM R8,B'0110',SRC

Before execution:
R8 ==> 12 34 56 78
SRC ==> AB CD EF 10

After Excecution:
R8 ==> 12 CD EF 78

Is This Answer Correct ?    24 Yes 28 No

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