15.2.1 - Loading Content from Register
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is the main difference between direct and indirect addressing modes?
💡 Hint: Think about how addresses are specified in each mode.
What does the MAR stand for?
💡 Hint: Consider what role it plays in retrieving data.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does indirect addressing require before fetching the operand?
💡 Hint: Recall the layered addressing concept.
True or False: Register indirect addressing can help improve execution speed.
💡 Hint: Consider how registers compare with memory access times.
1 more question available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
You have an instruction that requires an indirect address to fetch an operand stored in memory. Detail the steps the CPU must follow to successfully load this operand.
💡 Hint: Think through each stage of the processing pipeline.
Imagine you're designing a new CPU. How would you optimize the register indirect mode to improve performance? Discuss potential changes.
💡 Hint: Consider how CPU architectures balance speed and resource efficiency as you think through your design.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.