Computer Organization | General Register based CPU Organization
When we are using multiple general purpose registers, instead of single accumulator register, in the CPU Organization then this type of organization is known as General register based CPU Organization. In this type of organization, computer uses two or three address fields in their instruction format. Each address field may specify a general register or a memory word. For example:
MULT R1, R2, R3
This is an instruction of an arithmatic multiplication written in assembly language. It uses three address fields R1, R2 and R3. The meaning of this instruction is:
R1 <-- R2 * R3
This instruction also can be written using only two address fields as:
MULT R1, R2
In this instruction, the destination register is the same as one of the source registers. This means the operation
R1 <-- R1 * R2
The use of large number of registers results in short program with limited instructions.
Some examples of General register based CPU Organization are IBM 360 and PDP- 11.
The advantages of General register based CPU organization –
- Efficiency of CPU increases as there are large number of registers are used in this organization.
- Less memory space is used to store the program since the instructions are written in compact way.
The disadvantages of General register based CPU organization –
- Care should be taken to avoid unnecessary usage of registers. Thus, compilers need to be more intelligent in this aspect.
- Since large number of registers are used, thus extra cost is required in this organization.
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