A CPU is measured by how many
instructions it can process in a second, not by how long it takes to process any single
instruction.
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HARDWARE
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As seen earlier, a typical
instruction in a processor like an 8088 took 15 clock cycles to execute.
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MICROPRO
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The
instruction decoder needs to turn each of the opcodes into a set of signals that drive the different components inside the microprocessor.
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LPD AB MCLH
01/03/2010
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