Before completing this task, you will need to revisit the main characteristics of the Von Neumann Processor Architecture.
You task is to write a description in your books or on the space provided below to describe, in your own words, how the FDE cycle works. Your description needs to include as many of the following key terms as possible.
Fetch | Instruction | Register |
Decode | Data | Program Counter |
Execute | Memory location | MAR |
Primary Memory | Control Unit | MDR |
RAM | ALU | Accumulator |
Binary | Clock speed | GHz |
Describe, in your own words, how the FDE cycle works within the CPU. Use as many of the keywords provided above as possible.