tell me this..

itsallabtamrit · Aug 3, 2006

why there r free spaces in the data bus in the microprocessor..?out of 8 data bus only 5 contains the flags..why nt all..?

Nigel Goodwin · Aug 3, 2006

itsallabtamrit said:
why there r free spaces in the data bus in the microprocessor..?out of 8 data bus only 5 contains the flags..why nt all..?

It depends on the particular processor and particular register - if you only need 5 flags for a particular register 8 would be pointless!.

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