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Code Mnemonic Description
8D / r LEA r16, m Store effective address for m in register r16
8D / r LEA r32, m Store effective address for m in register r32

Description
Computes the effective address of the second operand (the source operand) and stores it in the first operand (destination operand). The source operand is a memory address (offset part) specified with one of the processors addressing modes; the destination operand is a general-purpose register. The address-size and operand-size attributes affect the action performed by this instruction, as shown in the following table. The operand-size attribute of the instruction is determined by the chosen register; the address-size attribute is determined by the attribute of the codesegment.
Operand Size Address Size Action Performed
16 16 16-bit effective address is calculated and stored in requested 16-bit register destination.
16 32 32-bit effective address is calculated. The lower 16 bits of the address are stored in the requested 16-bit register destination.
32 16 16-bit effective address is calculated. The 16-bit address is zero-extended and stored in the requested 32-bit register destination.
32 32 32-bit effective address is calculated and stored in the requested 32-bit register destination.
Operands Bytes Clocks
r16, mem 2 + d(2) 1 UV
r32, mem 2 + d(2) 1 UV

Flags
ID unaffected DF unaffected
VIP unaffected IF unaffected
VIF unaffected TF unaffected
AC unaffected SF unaffected
VM unaffected ZF unaffected
RF unaffected AF unaffected
NT unaffected PF unaffected
IOPL unaffected CF unaffected
OF unaffected