- To speed up translation from logical to linear addresses each segmentation register has another related nonprogrammable register (8 bytes).
- When a segmentation register is loaded with a segment selector these nonprogrammable registers are loaded with the corresponding segment descriptor
- This means you do not need to lookup the GDT and LDT during lookups saving a step
- To obtain the relative address of a segment in the GDT or LDT multiply the 13 bit field of the segment selector by 8
- This is because it is 8 bytes long 8=2^3
- Eg. idx=2, GDT=0x00020000, address of the segment descriptor is at 0x00020000+(2*8)=0x00020010
- This is because it is 8 bytes long 8=2^3
- First entry of GDT is always 0 ensures NULL segment selector is invalid
- Maximum number of segment descriptors possible is 2^13-1, 8191
- This is because for 13 bits there are that many combinations
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