MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

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What is the location of the internal registers of CPU?
A
Internal
B
On-chip
C
External
D
Motherboard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. L1 cache is also present on-chip inside the CPU.

Detailed explanation-2: -The CPU has several internal registers that store values used internally. One of those registers is the program counter (PC), which holds the address in memory of an instruction. The CPU fetches the instruction from memory, decodes the instruction, and executes it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Registers. Registers are small amounts of high-speed memory contained within the CPU. They are used by the processor to store small amounts of data that are needed during processing, such as: the address of the next instruction to be executed.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is not a part of the main memory and is located in the CPU in the form of registers, which are the smallest data holding elements. A register temporarily holds frequently used data, instructions, and memory address that are to be used by CPU. They hold instructions that are currently processed by the CPU.

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