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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a variable-length instruction format?

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One of the advantages of using a variable-length instruction format is that it easy to provide a large repertoire of opcodes, with different opcode lengths. Addressing can be more flexible, with various combinations of register and memory references plus addressing modes. 

A disadvantage however is an increase in the complexity of the CPU.


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