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List and explain five important instructions set design issues in computer architecture ​

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Step-by-step explanation:

The five important instruction set design issues are as listed below;

Operation repertoire: How many and which operations to provide, and how complex operations should be.

Data types: The various types of data upon which operations are performed.

Instruction format: Instruction length (in bits), number of addresses, size of various fields, and so on.

Registers: Number of CPU registers that can be referenced by instructions, and their use.

Addressing: The mode or modes by which the address of an operand is specified.

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