Encoding:

I8

01100

MOV32R

101

0

000

0

00

0

000

5

3

3

2

3

Format:

NOP

MIPS16e Assembly Idiom

No Operation

Purpose:

No Operation

To perform no operation.

Description:

NOP is the assembly idiom used to denote no operation. The actualinstruction is interpreted by the hardware as

MOVE $0,$16.

Restrictions:

None

Operation:

None

Exceptions:

None

Programming Notes:

The 0x6500 instruction word, which represents MOVE $0,$16, is the preferred NOP for software to use to filjump delay slots and to pad out alignment sequences.