Processor Fundamentals - AS Computer Science

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Across
  1. 3. the second stage of the F-D-E cycle
  2. 7. the third stage of the F-D-E cycle
  3. 8. a general-purpose register that stores a value before and after an instruction is executed by the ALU
  4. 10. part of the system bus that carries memory addresses
  5. 11. a small, high speed piece of memory within the CPU
  6. 12. the number of bits/bytes the computer can understand as one unit
Down
  1. 1. the first stage of the F-D-E cycle
  2. 2. the type of clock signal that controls the cycles of activity within the processor
  3. 4. part of the system bus that carries data
  4. 5. part of the CPU which performs maths and boolean operations
  5. 6. the type of clock signal that controls the cycles of activity outside the processor
  6. 9. part of the system bus that transmits signals to or from the CU