Fetch Cycle in Computer Architecture

PC contains address of next instruction

It is saved to allow resumption after interrupt

To handle indirect addressing in an instruction

<p>It is used to place the address on the address bus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Meanwhile PC incremented by 1, preparing for the next fetch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are transferred to MAR, placed on the address bus and memory location is identified</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To determine the opcode and the operand specifiers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The processor stalls until the branch outcome is known</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To fetch the operands from memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To store the result in memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>τ = max [τi] + d</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To fetch the next expected instruction into a buffer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Performing arithmetic and logical operations on data</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To transfer data between various registers and the ALU</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fetch instruction</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To store temporary results</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Controlling the movement of data and instructions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To store temporary data</p> Signup and view all the answers