Control Status Register
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Control and Status Register (CSR) is a register
Processor register
In computer architecture, a processor register is a small amount of storage available as part of a CPU or other digital processor. Such registers are addressed by mechanisms other than main memory and can be accessed more quickly...

in many central processing units that are used as storage devices for information about instructions received from machines. The device is generally placed in the register address 0 or 1 in CPUs http://www.pa.msu.edu/hep/d0/ftp/l1/framework/hardware/general/fpga_registers.txt and works on the concept of using a comparison of flags (carry, overflow and zero, usually) to decide on various If-then instructions related to electronic decision flows http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Control+and+Status+Registerttp://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:_L5LZzjO5ZgJ:web.mit.edu/course/6/6.375/install/Bluespec-2009.03.beta1/training/BSV/tutorials/configbus/tutorial-configbus.pdf+%22Control+Status+Register%22+definition+site:mit.edu&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjgQrPdjrcxGxMRwAUpYkGqpnzO-dW2KV0XQKInHE1nz5IOkux9SvmzcY-aBEobiuBQ4hyXTruwteZKXU9PMe69QZCIOVlxCzrx6zMPojKlxCQ1R7eWGBgGZnsqnPyWTZd16oOA&sig=AFQjCNFFTbYfqychVSKZ5qT7d5Dzq5z7mg]http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:e71bkxIjjEkJ:pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2008/readings/82559ER_datasheet.pdf+%22Control+Status+Register%22+definition+site:mit.edu&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiKPtASWuyR16HqZb9C2jjh1HUGo0dBOHPpccZuXm8Xi4DndV3VZdQhCf33erkKufHM0XD2bKCU0E7CKh51oZtN-WLx1WG0UiatTax3fVq0KrPFrhC_VrQ5Jp9fjoCJ2cTJQxqb&sig=AFQjCNF_YTMSd15YjIEG-_k_lwjPujlfew
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