Question

Which register holds the intermediate result in alu.

Answer 1

In a computer's central processing unit (CPU), the accumulator is a register in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.

Answer 2

The accumulator register holds the intermediate result in ALU.

Uses of the accumulator register in ALU :

• It's an ALU register with an 8-bit value. This register stores 8-bit data and is used for arithmetic and logic operations.

• The outcome of the operation is saved in the accumulator. In the ALU, the intermediate result is stored in the accumulator register.

• In general, the ALU has storage for input operands, adding operands, the cumulative result (which is kept in an accumulator), and shifting results. Gated circuits govern the flow of bits and also the operations executed over them in the ALU's subunits.