Why are program counter and stack pointer 16-bit registers?
Answer Posted / riya roy palamattam
becoz 8085 microprocessors are 16 bit of address.and pc and sp adressIf the program counter and stack pointer were only 8-bits wide, the processor would be able to address only 256 address locations.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 7 No |
Post New Answer View All Answers
Explain the different modes of operations of the 8086?
Define the type of interrupts in the 8085 processor?
What are the widths of data bus (db) and address bus (ab) of 8085?
What are the different type of registers used in 8085?
What are the advantages of memory segmentation in 8086
List out the features of 8051 microcontroller?
What is the maximum memory addressable size by the 8086?
The Pentium microprocessor has how many execution unit?
What is an os and what are its functions?
Explain the purpose of the status register?
Why stack is used in program?
What is system bus?
Indicate different machine cycles of 8085?
Describe the (status) flag register of 8085?
Describe the jae instruction with the help of an example?