Topic: Fetch-decode-execute cycle
Questions Notes
Fetch
PC is checked – as it holds the address of the next instruction to be
executed
Address from PC Is copied into MAR
, Address is sent along address bus to RAM – then waits for a signal from
control bus
The control unit sends a read signal along the control bus to main
memory
Contents stored in memory can be sent along the data bus to memory
data register
Questions Notes
Fetch
PC is checked – as it holds the address of the next instruction to be
executed
Address from PC Is copied into MAR
, Address is sent along address bus to RAM – then waits for a signal from
control bus
The control unit sends a read signal along the control bus to main
memory
Contents stored in memory can be sent along the data bus to memory
data register