Register Transfer and Micro-

Operation

Registerand Register Transfer Language

Bus and Memory Transfer

Arithmetic, Logic and Shift -operation

Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit

Register

Group of flip-flops capable of storing one bit of

information.
They may have combinational gates to perform
certain data processing.
Are at the top of memory hierarchy and provide
fastest way of data access.
Register Transfer Language

Digital System is interconnection of modules.

Modules are constructed using digital components
and interconnected using common data and control
paths.
They are best defined by the operation they perform
on the stored data(-operation).
Example of -operations are shift, clear , load etc.
The internal hardware of the computer is best
defined by specifying:
Set of register it contains and their functions
-operations that can be performed on the stored binary data
Control that initiates the sequence of -operation.
It is possible to specify the -operations in words but
that will be lengthy.
Special symbolic notation is used to describe the -
operation among the register called Register
Transfer Language(RTL).
Register Transfer

Computer registers are denoted by capital

letters(sometimes followed by numerals) to denote
the function of the register.
Examples:
MAR: Memory Address Register
PC: Program Counter
R1: Processor Register
Information transfer from one register to another is
designated as: R2 R1.
Normally we want the transfer to occur under a
predetermined condition as
If(P=1) then (R2 R1. )
P is the control signal. Generally control function in
included in the statement as follows:
P: R2 R1
Every statement in RTL need hardware for above
RTL hardware will be as:
Bus and Memory Transfers

Digital computer have many registers and paths

must be provided to transfer information.
No. of wires will be excessive if we connect each
register with the other one.
A more efficient scheme for transferring information
in multiple register system is by the use of the
common bus system.
Control signals are used to select the register.
One way of constructing a common bus system is by
the use of multiplexer.
Figure below show the 4 register common bus
system.
It consist of Multiplexer and selection lines
In general, a bus system will multiplex k registers of
n bits each to produce an n-line common bus.
Common bus for 8 registers of 16 bits requires, 16
multiplexer having 8 data input lines.
The transfer of information from bus to one of many
register can be accomplished by connecting bus lines
to the inputs of all register and activating the load
signal of required one.
If we need to transfer the content of register C to
register R1, it can be represented as:

It is convenient to show the direct transfer as:

Three State Bus Buffer

A bus system can also be constructed using three

state gate.
Three state gate has 3 outputs one low and other
high as like other gates.
The third output is the high impedance state which
behave like the open circuit and does not have any
logic significance.
The most commonly used gate in bus design is the is
3 state buffer gate.
Memory Transfer

Transfer of information from memory word to

outside environment is read operation.
Transfer of new information to be stored into the
memory is called write operation.
Memory word is symbolized by M and address by
enclosing in the square bracket.
Read and write operation can be stated as:
Read: DR M[AR]
Write: M[AR] R1
Micro operations

-operation is an elementary operation performed

with the data stored in register. They can be
classified as:
Register transfer micro-operations
Arithmetic micro-operations
Logic micro-operations
Shift micro-operations
Arithmetic operation divide and multiply are not
listed in table as they are not included in the basic set
of micro-operations.
Multiplication is implemented by addition and shift
operations.
Division is implemented by subtraction and shift
operation.
Logic Micro-operations

These operation consider each bit of register

separately and treat them as binary variables.
Example exclusive-OR between R1 and R2 can be
symbolized as:
Special symbol are used for logical operations.
denote AND operation and denote OR operation.
When + symbol occur in micro-operation it denote
arithmetic addition but in control signals it denote
the OR.
Shift Micro-Operations

These are used for serial data transfer.

The information transferred through the serial input
determines the type of shift.
There are three types of shift:
Logical
Circular
Arithmetic
Logical Shift

It is the one that transfer 0 through the serial input.

Symbol shl and shr are used to represent left logical
shift and right logical shift respectively.
Circular Shift

It circulates the bits of the register around the two

ends without loss of information.
It is represented as cil or cir for left and right circular
shift.
Arithmetic Shift

It shift the signed binary number to left or right.

Arithmetic shift left multiply the signed binary
number by 2.
Arithmetic shift right divide the signed binary
number by 2.
It must leave the sign bit unchanged.
It is represented by ashl and ashr.
Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit

Computer systems employ number of storage

register connected to common operational unit
called ALU(Arithmetic Logic Unit) to perform micro-
operation.
ALU is combinational circuit so transfer from source
to ALU and ALU to destination is done only in one
clock cycle.
Shift micro-operation is performed in separate unit
or can be made part of overall ALU.