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- 14:45, 20 October 2025 Bfh-sts talk contribs created page Historical Context: Register Growth & Segment Registers (Created page with "= Historical Context: Register Growth & Segment Registers = This page explains how CPU register design evolved over time and how early architectural choices still influence modern processors. == Register growth over time == The number and width of registers in CPUs have increased dramatically. In the early 1980s, accessing main memory was nearly as fast as using registers, so CPUs could work efficiently with only a few of them. * **1970s:** Typical CPUs had 3–8 gen...")