Question: Week 07 Slide 28 shows a circuit for a 16-register register file. If the size of each register is doubled how many additional logic gates

Week 07 Slide 28 shows a circuit for a 16-register register file.  If the size of each register is doubled how many additional logic gates will be needed to re-implement this register unit, excluding the additional logic gates needed to double the size of each register?

Register unit (Register file) circuit Write Result Result Register Name Enable Operand

Register unit (Register file) circuit Write Result Result Register Name Enable Operand 1 Register Name Operand 2 Register Name Clock Data Bus A2 A1 A0 ENABLE A2 A1 A0 A2 A1 AO 4-to-16 DECODER with ENABLE 4-to-16 DECODER 4-to-16 DECODER Y15 Y01 YO0 Y15 Y01 YO0 Y15 Y01 ... YO0 DATA IN LOAD REGISTER 0 CLOCK DATA OUT BUF BUF DATA IN LOAD REGISTER 1 CLOCK DATA OUT BUF BUF DATA IN LOAD REGISTER 15 CLOCK DATA OUT BUF BUF Operand 1 Bus Operand 2 Bus ...I

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