Program Counter (Pc) - Fujitsu F2MCTM-16LX Hardware Manual

2.7.4

Program Counter (PC)

The PC register is a 16-bit counter that indicates the low-order 16 bits of the memory
address of an instruction code to be executed by the CPU. The high-order eight bits of
the address are indicated by the PCB. The PC register is updated by a conditional
branch instruction, subroutine call instruction, interrupt, or reset.
The PC register can also be used as a base pointer for operand access.
Program Counter (PC)
Figure 2.7-10 shows the program counter.
PCB
FE
H
Figure 2.7-10 Program Counter
PC
ABCD
H
FEABCD
Next instruction to be executed
H
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