Registers

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  • Created on: 18-11-13 13:06
Registers (accumulator) acc
this holds the results of the current set of calculations e.g. add #36 means add 36 to the current content
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Registers (Stack pointer) sp
this holds the return address, procedure or the function parameters and local variables, its accessed when a procedure or function is called or an interrupt is serviced
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Registers (Status register) sr
this hold condtion codes to indicate the outcome of operations, for example an arithmentic operation may produce a positive/negative zero or overflow results, so a flag is set accordingly.
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Registers (program counter) pc
points to the next instruction to be fetched and executed
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what does MBR stand for?
memory buffer register-this ais a 2 way register that holds data fetched from memory
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what does CIR srand for?
current instruction register-temporary holding ground for the instruction that has just been fetched from memory
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what does MAR stand for?
memory address registers-the address in main memory that is currently being read or written
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Registers (Stack pointer) sp

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this holds the return address, procedure or the function parameters and local variables, its accessed when a procedure or function is called or an interrupt is serviced

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Registers (Status register) sr

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Registers (program counter) pc

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what does MBR stand for?

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