stack segment
In the 8086 microprocessor, the register that stores the interrupt and subroutine return address is the Instruction Pointer (IP) register. When an interrupt occurs or a subroutine is called, the current instruction address is pushed onto the stack, allowing the processor to return to that location after the interrupt or subroutine execution is complete. The IP register works in conjunction with the Code Segment (CS) register to determine the effective address of the next instruction to execute.
Give the effective address if the segment register is AA03 and the offset register is 0200.
If this is a homework assignment, you really should try to answer it on your own first, otherwise the value of the reinforcement of the lesson due to actually doing the assignment will be lost on you.Interrupt and subroutine return addresses are stored on the stack, so the stack segment is used for interupt and subroutine addresses.
8086 has memory divided into segments.Each segment has its particular register like ES, DS, SS, CD (extra segment, data segment, stack segment and code segment).These registers hold the base address BA.Now, there two base registers(BX and BP) and two index registers(SI and DI) in 8086. These registers hols the effective address EA.Now Physical address PA is sum of EA and BA.That is,PA = BA+EA
The 16 bit segment register is left shifted by 4 and added to the effective address to form a 20 bit physical address.
There are four base registers in the 8086/8088; Code Segment (CS), Data Segment (DS), Stack Segment (SS), and Extra Segment (ES).
In 8086 assembly language, a physical address is the actual memory address used by the CPU to access data. It is calculated by combining a segment address with an offset address. The segment address is typically stored in one of the segment registers (CS, DS, SS, or ES), and the offset is specified in the instruction. The formula for calculating the physical address is: Physical Address = (Segment Address × 16) + Offset.
In the x86 processor architecture, memory addresses are specified in two parts called the segment and the offset. One usually thinks of the segment as specifying the beginning of a block of memory allocated by the system and the offset as an index into it. Segment values are stored in the segment registers. There are four or more segment registers: CS contains the segment of the current instruction (IP is the offset), SS contains the stack segment (SP is the offset), DS is the segment used by default for most data operations, ES (and, in more recent processors, FS and GS) is an extra segment register. Most memory operations accept a segment override prefix that allows use of a segment register other than the default one.
Segment registers offer several advantages in computer architecture, particularly in x86 architecture. They enable efficient memory management by allowing programs to access more memory than the standard address space would permit, effectively supporting larger applications. Segment registers also facilitate modular programming and data organization by allowing different segments for code, data, and stack, enhancing protection and isolation. Additionally, they can lead to improved performance by minimizing the need for complex memory address calculations.
there are 14 registers in 8088 micro processor. All the 14 are 16 bit registers. They are4 segment registers viz - code segment register, stack segment register, data segment register, extra segment register.general registers are - accumulator register i.e. AX, base register i.e. BX, count register i.e. CX, data register i.e. DX and stack pointer (SP), base pointer (BP).index registers are - source index(SI), destination index(DI),and the other registers are instruction pointer and flags register.
In computer architecture, an offset in a segment register refers to the specific address within a segment of memory that the segment register points to. Segment registers are used to divide memory into different segments, enabling easier access and management of data. The offset is added to the base address contained in the segment register to form the effective address of a memory location. This method allows for more efficient memory utilization and organization, particularly in systems with limited addressing space.
There are four segment registers in the 8086/8088 processor, CS, DS, ES, and SS, also known as Code Segment, Data Segment, Extra Segment, and Stack Segment. Any time an address is generated by the processor, it is added to the value of one of the segment registers, after that segment register is effectively multiplied by 16, or left shifted four bits, in order to generate the physical address that accesses memory. This gives an effective address range of 20 bits, or 1mb, but note that only 64kb is addressable through any segment register at one time, unless you stop to change the contents of that segment register. This is known as a segmented architecture. By default, the CS register is used when fetching instructions, the DS register is used when accessing data, the SS register is used when accessing the stack, and the ES register is used during certain string type instructions. If desired, an instruction prefix can be used to override, such as forcing use of CS instead of DS when using a table contained within opcode space.