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5.
A machine cycle is the time it takes a microprocessor to fetch and execute a complete instruction.
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GanPathi said:
9 years ago
Time required for the microprocessor to complete the operation of accessing memory or I/O devices are called machine cycle.
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.
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