COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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Internal
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On-chip
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External
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Motherboard
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Detailed explanation-1: -8. What is the location of the internal registers of CPU? Explanation: The internal registers are present on-chip. They are therefore present inside the CPU.
Detailed explanation-2: -Registers are memories located within the Central Processing Unit (CPU). They are few in number (there are rarely more than 64 registers) and also small in size, typically a register is less than 64 bits in size.
Detailed explanation-3: -The CPU also contains registers in the Integer Unit which can be read from and written to. They are called general purpose registers. There are also special purpose registers used for specific tasks: PC Program Counter (points to next instruction) IR Instruction Rgeister ("Value” of current instruction)