Interpreting Instructions

• To perform instructions, a computer’s hardware implement a process called the fetch/execute cycle

• The F/E Cycle is an unending process

Fetch/Execute Cycle

• Instruction Fetch (IF)

• Instruction Decode (ID)

• Data Fetch (DF)

• Instruction Execution (EX)

• Return Result (RR)

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version