• Registers – Registers are in the CPU and are referred to by specific names – Data registers • Hold data for an operation to be performed • There are 4 data registers (AX, BX, CX, DX) – Address registers • Hold the address of an instruction or data element • Segment registers (CS, DS, ES, SS) • Pointer registers (SP, BP, IP) • Index registers (SI, DI) – Status register • Keeps the current status of the processor • On an IBM PC the status register is called the FLAGS register – In total there are fourteen 16-bit registers in an 8086/8088 Data Registers: AX, BX, CX, DX • Instructions execute faster if the data is in a register • AX, BX, CX, DX are the data registers • Low and High bytes of the data registers can be accessed separately – AH, BH, CH, DH are the high bytes – AL, BL, CL, and DL are the low bytes • Data Registers are general purpose registers but they also perform special functions • AX – Accumulator Register – Preferred register to use in arithmetic, logic and data transf...
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