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Single-cycle processor

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Single Cycle Processor is a microprocessor architecture which executes one instruction in one clock cycle. This also means that the slowest instruction determines the maximum achievable clock speed of the processor. The most widely used Single Cycle Processor is the MIPS processor.

See also

MIPS

References

Patterson, David A. (2009). Computer Organization and Design. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. ISBN 9780123744937. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)