Single cycle processor

A single cycle processor is a processor that carries out one instruction in a single clock cycle.[1]

See also

  • Complex instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in multiple clock cycles
  • DLX, a very similar architecture designed by John L. Hennessy (creator of MIPS) for teaching purposes
  • MIPS architecture, MIPS-32 architecture
  • MIPS-X, developed as a follow-on project to the MIPS architecture
  • Reduced instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in minimal clock cycles

References

  1. ^ Harris (2016). Digital Design and Computer Architecture ARM Edition. Elsevier. sec. 7.3. ISBN 978-0-12-800056-4.
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