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How far can command j (jump) jump in memory? (MIPS)

Consider the j (jump) instruction in MIPS. How far can he jump in memory? Will it be 32 bits? Can I get an explanation.

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From this page, you will see that the transition command has the following effects:

PC = nPC; nPC = (PC & 0xf0000000) | (target << 2);


target

is a 26-bit number. This means that the command j

can jump to any absolute address that can be generated from the above operation. So the highest value for target

is 2 26 -1 (0x03FFFFFF) and the highest reachable address is (PC & 0xF0000000) | 0x0FFFFFFC

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