Addressing modes and numerical

Types of Addressing Modes

Each instruction of a computer specifies an operation on certain data. The are various ways of specifying address of the data to be operated on. These different ways of specifying data are called the addressing modes. The most common addressing modes are:

· Immediate addressing mode 

· Direct addressing mode 

· Indirect addressing mode 

· Register addressing mode 

· Register indirect addressing mode

To specify the addressing mode of an instruction several methods are used. Most often used are :

a) Different operands will use different addressing modes.

b) One or more bits in the instruction format can be used as mode field. The value of the mode field 

    determines which addressing mode is to be used.

The effective address will be either main memory address of a register. CPU time new = 2.0 x IC x CC so 2.2/2.0 means 10% faster

Immediate Addressing:

This is the simplest form of addressing. Here, the operand is given in the instruction itself. This mode is used to define a constant or set initial values of variables. The advantage of this mode is that no memory reference other than instruction fetch is required to obtain operand. The disadvantage is that the size of the number is limited to the size of the address field, which most instruction sets is small compared to word length. 

INSTRUCTION

OPERAND

Direct Addressing:

In direct addressing mode, effective address of the operand is given in the address field of the instruction. It requires one memory reference to read the operand from the given location and provides only a limited address space. Length of the address field is usually less than the word length. Ex : Move P, Ro, Add Q, Ro P and Q are the address of operand.

Indirect Addressing: 

Indirect addressing mode, the address field of the instruction refers to the address of a word in memory, which in turn contains the full length address of the operand. The advantage of this mode is that for the word length of N, an address space of 2N can be addressed. the disadvantage is that instruction execution requires two memory reference to fetch the operand Multilevel or cascaded indirect addressing can also be used.

Register Addressing: 

Register addressing mode is similar to direct addressing. The only difference is that the address field of the instruction refers to a register rather than a memory location 3 or 4 bits are used as address field to reference 8 to 16 generate purpose registers. The advantages of register addressing are Small address field is needed in the instruction.

Register Indirect Addressing: 

This mode is similar to indirect addressing. The address field of the instruction refers to a register. The register contains the effective address of the operand. This mode uses one memory reference to obtain the operand. The address space is limited to the width of the registers available to store the effective address.

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