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29. Addressing Modes

A comprehensive study of addressing modes unveils their importance in instruction execution within CPU architecture. The chapter elucidates various addressing techniques such as immediate, direct, indirect, and displacement addressing. Through detailed explanations and examples, it emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages of each mode, particularly their implications on memory usage and instruction efficiency.

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Sections

  • 29.1

    Computer Organization And Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

    This section introduces various addressing modes crucial for instruction execution within computer architecture, providing foundational insight into how data is addressed and accessed in a CPU.

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  • 29.1.1

    Addressing Modes

    This section discusses addressing modes in computer architecture, which determine how operands are specified in instructions.

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  • 29.2

    Unit Summary

    This section provides a comprehensive overview of various addressing modes used in computer architecture, focusing on their definitions, advantages, disadvantages, and applications.

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  • 29.2.1

    Immediate Addressing

    This section delves into addressing modes in computer organization, particularly focusing on immediate addressing and other related modes.

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  • 29.2.2

    Direct Addressing

    This section covers various addressing modes used in computer architecture, explaining how data operands are managed within instruction sets.

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  • 29.2.3

    Indirect Addressing

    This section discusses various addressing modes in computer architecture, focusing on indirect addressing and its differences from other modes.

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  • 29.2.4

    Register Addressing

    This section focuses on the various addressing modes used in computer architecture, explaining how data is accessed through different instruction formats.

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  • 29.2.5

    Register Indirect Addressing

    This section covers register indirect addressing, a mode where the operand's address is held in a register rather than specified in the instruction directly.

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  • 29.2.6

    Displacement Addressing

    This section covers various addressing modes used in computer architecture, focusing particularly on displacement addressing.

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  • 29.2.7

    Stack Addressing

    Stack addressing is an important addressing mode where data operations utilize the data stored at the top of a stack.

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  • 29.3

    Objectives Of The Unit

    This section outlines the objectives of understanding addressing modes in computer architecture, focusing on their types and applications.

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  • 29.3.1

    Knowledge Objective

    This section covers various addressing modes utilized in computer architecture, emphasizing how operands are accessed in instructions.

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  • 29.3.2

    Application Objective

    This section discusses various addressing modes in computer architecture, exploring the significance, advantages, and examples of each mode.

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  • 29.4

    Addressing Modes Examples

    This section covers various addressing modes in computer systems, highlighting how operands are specified in instructions.

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  • 29.4.1

    Immediate Addressing Mode

    This section introduces addressing modes in computer architecture, focusing specifically on the concept of immediate addressing and its implications in instruction execution.

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  • 29.4.2

    Direct Addressing Mode

    This section covers various addressing modes in computer architecture, including immediate, direct, indirect, register, displacement, and stack addressing.

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  • 29.4.3

    Indirect Addressing Mode

    Indirect Addressing Mode allows instructions to reference data stored in memory indirectly, enhancing flexibility in accessing larger address spaces.

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  • 29.4.4

    Register Direct Addressing Mode

    This section focuses on the concept of addressing modes in computer architecture, particularly emphasizing the register direct addressing mode.

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  • 29.4.5

    Register Indirect Addressing Mode

    The section provides an overview of various addressing modes in computer architecture, focusing specifically on register indirect addressing.

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References

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