Instruction cycles + Execution speeds

Instruction cycles + Execution speeds

1. Execution speed

   • The execution speed is the rate at which a CPU can process instructions. This section will look at the execution speeds in more detail.

2. Instruction Cycle

   • An instruction cycle is when the CPU executes an instruction or command in low - level code. This is called a cycle because, when the execution is completed, the cycle restarts with the next instruction. Every CPU carries out many instruction cycles every second