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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
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The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition

by Lyla B. Das
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
665 pages
23h 2m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from The X86 Microprocessors: Architecture and Programming (8086 to Pentium), 1st Edition
THE ARCHITECTURE OF 8086 63
number 34E6H is to be stored.  en 34H is stored in one location and E6H is in the next
location. Intel’s processors use what is termed the little endian format, which means the lower
byte is stored in the lower address and the upper byte in the higher address.  us, if the above
word has an address of 60088H, the storage is as shown in Fig 1.7.  is is in contrast to certain
other processors (like Motorola) which uses the big endian format. ( e origin of the word
‘endian’ is supposed to be from Gulliver’s travels, referring to a controversy about whether an
egg should be broken at the little end or the big ...
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