register

Groups of flip flops make up a register, it is used to increase the storage capacity.

• An n-bit register consists of ‘n’ number of flip-flops capable of storing an n-bit word.
• Registers provide fast, $tmp storage locations within the processor.

General Purpose Registers

• Registers available to software instructions for use by the programmer / compiler.
• The programmer is in charge of using these registers as inputs (source locations) and outputs (destination locations).