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Chapter 7 discusses the components of a CPU, focusing on registers and instruction sets. It explains the functions of various registers, including general-purpose registers, program counters, and memory address/data registers, as well as the CPU fetch-execute cycle. The chapter also covers instruction formats, addressing modes, and types of instructions used in data transfer, arithmetic, and program control.

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Unit6 1

Chapter 7 discusses the components of a CPU, focusing on registers and instruction sets. It explains the functions of various registers, including general-purpose registers, program counters, and memory address/data registers, as well as the CPU fetch-execute cycle. The chapter also covers instruction formats, addressing modes, and types of instructions used in data transfer, arithmetic, and program control.

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Chapter 7

Memory - Registers
Instruction Sets
CPU Components
Concept of Registers

Definition:
Small, permanent storage location within
the CPU used (wired) for a specifically
defined purpose
Manipulated directly by the CPU
Limited in size to bits or bytes (not MB like
internal memory)
Typically configured to hold data, an
address, an instruction, a status flag, etc.
General Purpose Registers

Sometimes considered part of the


ALU
Similar to Accumulator in LMC
Hold data used in arithmetic/logical
operations as well as the results
Used to transfer data to and from
memory
Directly accessible by programmers
General Purpose Register
Operations

Load data from memory or another


register
Data in another register or memory
can be added to or subtracted from
the register with result remaining in
register
Data in register can be rotated or
shifted left or right
Special - Set to 0, invert bits, +/- 1
Program Counter Register

Holds address of current


instruction being executed
Same as LC - Location Counter
in LMC
Instruction Register (IR)

Holds instruction currently


being executed
Not part of LMC - the Moron’s
brain seemed to serve this
purpose in LMC
Flag/Status Registers

Flags (1-bit) registers signal


exceptional/special conditions - arithmetic
overflow, carry out, comparison result, ...
Status Register - multiple flags in single
register
CPU sets status register as a result of
conditions that arise during execution of
instructions
MAR & MDR

Memory Address Register (MAR)


- holds the address of a memory
location
Memory Data (buffer) Register
(MAD) - holds a data value being
stored or retrieved from the
memory location currently
addressed by MAR
MDR, MAR, Memory
MAR-MDR Example
Memory Analogy
Individual Memory Cell

Operation:
•CPU retrieves address and stores in
MAR
• CPU simultaneously sets read or
write line reflecting load or store
operation
•CPU turns on switch via activation
line
•Data is transferred between MDR
and Memory
Memory Capacity

Two factors determine the capacity of


memory
• number of bits in the MAR
• K bits allow 2^k memory locations
• size of the address portion of the
instruction
• 5 bits allows 32 locations
• 8 bits allows 256 locations
• 24 bits allows 16 MBytes
• 32 bits allows 4GBytes
CPU Fetch-Execute Cycle
Load Instruction

PC -> MAR Transfer the address


from the PC to the
MAR
Transfer the
MDR -> IR instruction to the IR
Address portion of the
IR(address) -> MAR instruction loaded in
MAR
MDR -> A Actual data copied
into the accumulator
PC + 1 -> PC PC incremented
Elements of Machine Instructions

OPCODE
Source OPERAND (address)
Result OPERAND (address)

Source Result
OPCODE
Address Operand
Addressing

Addressing may reflect a reference to a


memory location or to a register.
Explicit address - the address (or its
components) is present in the instruction
Implicit address - the address is assumed,
it is not in the instruction
Most address references in today’s
computers are explicit.

What is the advantage of an IMPLICIT address?


Source/Destination Addresses

Computer instructions generally specify at least


two operands: a data source location and a data
destination location
In general, at least one of the addresses is a
register address

1 address is required for in-place instructions (such


as invert): 1 source/destination
2 addresses are required for move instructions
(such as load): 1 source and 1 destination
3 addresses are required for arithmetic operations
(such as add): 2 sources and 1 destination
3-Address Instructions

Y = (A - B) / (C + D + E)

Instruction Comment

SUB Y, A, B Y A - B
ADD T, D, E T D+E
ADD T, T, C T T + C
DIV Y, Y, T Y Y / T
2-Address Instructions

Y = (A - B) / (C + D + E)

Instruction Comment
MOV Y, A Y A
SUB Y, B Y Y - B
MOV T, D T D
ADD T, E T T + E
ADD T, C T T + C
DIV Y, T Y Y / T
Instruction Word Length

Considerations
• Number of instructions - op code size
to support reasonable set of
instructions
• Number of addresses - address size to
accommodate increasing amounts of
memory
Simple 32-bit Instruction

Amount of addressable memory is extremely limited.


Today’s computers support 32-bit or 64-bit addresses.
Alternatives to Absolute Addressing

Objective :
to allow the addressing of large amounts
of memory while maintaining a reasonably
sized instruction word address field
BASE REGISTER ADDRESSING

Base register addressing Instruction


Base register OPCODE OPERANDS
3945 13

3945 + 13

3958 Actual (absolute) address in memory


Instruction Formats
Variable Length Instructions
Instruction Formats
Fixed Length Instructions
Instruction Types

Data Transfer (Load, Store, Move, …)


• Register <-> Register
• Register <-> Memory
• Memory <-> Memory
• Load Byte
• Load Half-Word
• Load Double Word
Instruction Types

Arithmetic
• Integer Add/Subtract/Multiply/Divide
• Floating Pt Add/Subtract/…
Logical
• NOT, AND, OR
Bit Manipulation Instructions
• Setting and Testing bits in a data word
Program Control
• Branch on 0, ...
Single operand manipulation instructions
• Incrementing/Decrementing by 1
• Negating
• Setting to zero
Instruction Types
Shift and Rotate
Instruction Types
Jump Subroutine and Return
Subroutine
Recursive Calls
Recursive Calls
Stack Implementation
Stack Implementation

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