diff --git a/spec/memw.typ b/spec/memw.typ
index b1f95a491..1c7a1e6e5 100644
--- a/spec/memw.typ
+++ b/spec/memw.typ
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   total_nr_variables,
   total_nr_instantiated_columns,
   render_constraint_table,
-  render_chip_padding_table,
+  render_chip_padding_table
 )
 
 #let config = load_config()
@@ -96,8 +96,62 @@ The #aligned chip only needs #nr_variables variables, expressed through #nr_colu
 The table can be padded to the next power of two with the following value assignments:
 #render_chip_padding_table(alignedchip, config)
 
-= Future optimization ideas
+= Register fast-path
+
+#let config = load_config()
+#let register_chip = load_chip("src/memw_register.toml", config)
+#let reg = raw(register_chip.name)
+
+The #reg chip provides a fast-path for accessing registers.
+This fast-path leverages that registers
++ can be addressed using a `Byte`, rather than a full `DWord`,
++ are constantly accessed, i.e., $#`timestamp` - #`old_timestamp`$ is small, and
++ have a fixed access pattern
+to achieve a footprint that is significantly smaller than both #memw and #aligned.
+
+Note: as a result of hard optimization, this chip can only be used for register accesses for which 
++ $#`timestamp` - #`old_timestamp` in [1, 2^16]$, and
++ $#`timestamp[0]` > #`old_timestamp[0]`$
+If either of these rules does not apply to your access, you should fall back to using `MEMW_A`.
+
+Note moreover that this chip does not guard against misaligned register access faults: to access register with a given `address`, one must provide $2 dot #`address`$ in the lookup. 
+
+== Columns
+#let nr_variables = total_nr_variables(register_chip)
+#let nr_columns = total_nr_instantiated_columns(register_chip, config)
+
+The #reg chip is comprised of #nr_variables variables that are expressed using #nr_columns columns:
+#render_chip_column_table(register_chip, config)
+
+== Assumptions
+The following range checks are assumed to be performed/enforced outside of this chip:
+#render_chip_assumptions(register_chip, config)
 
+== Constraints
+Since most registers are frequently accessed, the difference between `timestamp` and `old_timestamp` is small most of the times.
+Rather than storing their (nearly) identical upper limbs twice, it is instead assumed that
+$#`old_timestamp[1]` = #`timestamp[1]`$; #aligned can be used for accesses where this is not the case.
+
+Verifying that $#`timestamp` > #`old_timestamp`$ now simplifies to verifying that $#`timestamp[0]` - #`old_timestamp[0]` > 0$.
+For most accesses, this value will be small enough to fit in a `Half`.
+This chip thus enforces this by means of the following constraint:
+#render_constraint_table(register_chip, config, groups: "diff")
+
+With $#`old_timestamp`<#`timestamp`$ asserted, `old` is read from the register (@regw:c:read_old) and `val` is written back (@regw:c:write_val).
+#render_constraint_table(register_chip, config, groups: "interactions")
+
+This chip can either just write ($#`μ_write` = 1$), or both read and write ($#`μ_read` = 1$) in the same cycle.
+It must be asserted that at most one of these two options is selected:
+#render_constraint_table(register_chip, config, groups: "multiplicities")
+
+Lastly, this chip contributes the following interactions to the logup:
+#render_constraint_table(register_chip, config, groups: "output")
+
+== Padding
+The table can be padded to the next power of two with the following value assignments:
+#render_chip_padding_table(register_chip, config)
+
+= Future optimization ideas
 - `MEMB` chip that does a one-byte write to remove old_timestamp from here (uncertain tradeoffs)
-- Additional fast path for registers? (Always guaranteed same timestamp, alignment could be an assumption, always only two values)
 - Adding `μ_sum`/`w2`/`w4`/`write8` multiplicities to the `IS_HALF` lookups may make some GKR things faster if there are known zeroes.
+- For the register fast-path, one may upgrade the `IS_HALF` check to an `IS_B20` check for extended range at the cost of looking through a larger table.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/src/memw_register.toml b/spec/src/memw_register.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7cdcf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/src/memw_register.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+name = "MEMW_R"
+
+# Variables
+
+[[variables.input]]
+name = "address"
+type = "Byte"
+desc = "address of the register being accessed"
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.input]]
+name = "timestamp"
+type = "DWordWL"
+desc = "timestamp at which the access takes place"
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.input]]
+name = "val"
+type = "DWordWL"
+desc = "value being written to this register"
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.output]]
+name = "old"
+type = "DWordWL"
+desc = "value of this register at `old_timestamp`."
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.auxiliary]]
+name = "old_timestamp_lo"
+type = "Word"
+desc = "the lower limb of `old_timestamp`"
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.virtual]]
+name = "old_timestamp"
+type = "DWordWL"
+desc = "timestamp at which this register was last accessed"
+def = ["cast", ["arr", "old_timestamp_lo", ["idx", "timestamp", 1]], "DWordWL"]
+
+[[variables.virtual]]
+name = "μ_sum"
+type = "Bit"
+desc = ""
+def = ["+", "μ_read", "μ_write"]
+
+[[variables.multiplicity]]
+name = "μ_read"
+type = "Bit"
+desc = "Whether we are performing a read (and hence return `out`)"
+pad = 0
+
+[[variables.multiplicity]]
+name = "μ_write"
+type = "Bit"
+desc = "Whether we are performing a write (and hence not return `out`)"
+pad = 0
+
+
+
+# Assumptions
+
+[[assumptions]]
+desc = "`IS_WORD[val[i]]`"
+iter = ["i", 0, 1]
+ref = "regw:a:val"
+
+[[assumptions]]
+desc = "`IS_WORD[timestamp[i]]`"
+iter = ["i", 0, 1]
+ref = "regw:a:timestamp"
+
+# Constraints
+
+[[constraint_groups]]
+name = "diff"
+
+[[constraints.diff]]
+kind = "interaction"
+tag = "IS_HALF"
+input = [["-", ["idx", "timestamp", 0], ["idx", "old_timestamp", 0], 1]]
+multiplicity = "μ_sum"
+ref = "regw:c:diff"
+
+
+[[constraint_groups]]
+name = "multiplicities"
+
+[[constraints.multiplicities]]
+kind = "template"
+tag = "IS_BIT"
+input = ["μ_read"]
+ref = "regw:c:μ_read_is_bit"
+
+[[constraints.multiplicities]]
+kind = "template"
+tag = "IS_BIT"
+input = ["μ_write"]
+ref = "regw:c:μ_write_is_bit"
+
+[[constraints.multiplicities]]
+kind = "template"
+tag = "IS_BIT"
+input = ["μ_sum"]
+ref = "regw:c:μ_sum_is_bit"
+
+[[constraint_groups]]
+name = "interactions"
+
+[[constraints.interactions]]
+kind = "interaction"
+tag = "memory"
+input = [1, ["arr", ["cast", ["+", ["*", 2, "address"], "i"], "Word"], 0], "old_timestamp", ["idx", "old", "i"]]
+iter = ["i", 0, 1]
+multiplicity = "μ_sum"
+ref = "regw:c:read_old"
+
+[[constraints.interactions]]
+kind = "interaction"
+tag = "memory"
+input = [1, ["arr", ["cast", ["+", ["*", 2, "address"], "i"], "Word"], 0], "timestamp", ["idx", "val", "i"]]
+iter = ["i", 0, 1]
+multiplicity = ["-", "μ_sum"]
+ref = "regw:c:write_val"
+
+
+[[constraint_groups]]
+name = "output"
+
+[[constraints.output]]
+kind = "interaction"
+tag = "MEMW"
+input = [1, ["arr", ["cast", ["*", 2, "address"], "Word"], 0], ["arr", ["idx", "val", 0], ["idx", "val", 1], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "timestamp", 1, 0, 0]
+output = ["arr", ["idx", "old", 0], ["idx", "old", 1], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+multiplicity = ["-", "μ_read"]
+
+[[constraints.output]]
+kind = "interaction"
+tag = "MEMW"
+input = [1, ["arr", ["cast", ["*", 2, "address"], "Word"], 0], ["arr", ["idx", "val", 0], ["idx", "val", 1], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "timestamp", 1, 0, 0]
+multiplicity = ["-", "μ_write"]