A multi-cycle processor is a
processor
Processor may refer to:
Computing Hardware
* Processor (computing)
** Central processing unit (CPU), the hardware within a computer that executes a program
*** Microprocessor, a central processing unit contained on a single integrated circuit ( ...
that carries out one instruction over multiple
clock cycles
In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal (historically also known as ''logic beat'') is an electronic logic signal (voltage or current) which oscillates between a high and a low state at a constant frequency and ...
, often without starting up a new instruction in that time (as opposed to a
pipelined processor).
See also
*
Single-cycle processor A single cycle processor is a processor that carries out one instruction in a single clock cycle.
See also
* Complex instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in multiple clock cycles
* DLX, a very similar architecture desig ...
, a processor executing (and finishing) one instruction per clock cycle
References
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Microprocessors