What is the GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTER

[Niggy G]

I can't find a clear definition on the net, anyone like to enlighten me.

And yes it is coursework



This is all i have so far...

The General Purpose Register stores data that is needed for immediate processing.

[AlphaWolf]

I'm no guru and I have no college degree, so anybody else correct me if I'm wrong, but iirc thats where the processor stores whatever information it is currently processing. I guess you can call it the "fastest" memory in your computer. When you see a "32-bit" or "64-bit", etc, processor, that refers to how large this specific memory segment is. The larger it is, the more information the processor can crunch per clock cycle.

[Slougi]

Originally posted by AlphaWolf
I'm no guru and I have no college degree, so anybody else correct me if I'm wrong, but iirc thats where the processor stores whatever information it is currently processing. I guess you can call it the "fastest" memory in your computer. When you see a "32-bit" or "64-bit", etc, processor, that refers to how large this specific memory segment is. The larger it is, the more information the processor can crunch per clock cycle.

I believe that is correct. Try asking the question on the beyond3d forums, there are some very knowledgeable people there. You could also look around in AMD and Intel documentation.

[Niggy G]

Thanks, thats sort of helped :sleepy: ???

[AlphaWolf]

/me shrugs

I am a criminal law major, I am not taking any computer courses