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A machine cycle is the time it takes a microprocessor to fetch and execute a complete instruction.
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Sruthy said:
8 years ago
Four steps of Machine cycle.
Fetch - Retrieve an instruction from the memory.
Decode - Translate the retrieved instruction into a series of computer commands.
Execute - Execute the computer commands.
Store - Send and write the results back in memory.
Instruction cycle
The sequence of operations that the cpu has to carry out while execution is called instruction cycle.
Fetch - Retrieve an instruction from the memory.
Decode - Translate the retrieved instruction into a series of computer commands.
Execute - Execute the computer commands.
Store - Send and write the results back in memory.
Instruction cycle
The sequence of operations that the cpu has to carry out while execution is called instruction cycle.
Shruthi said:
7 years ago
Instruction Cycle - The Steps required by CPU to fetch and execute an Instruction is called a Instruction Cycle.
Machine Cycle - It is a time Required by microprocessor to complete the operation of accessing memory or I/O devices is called machine cycle.
Machine Cycle - It is a time Required by microprocessor to complete the operation of accessing memory or I/O devices is called machine cycle.
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