Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 30 - No. 26)
What happens during the 'execute' stage of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?
The instruction is fetched from memory.
The instruction is translated.
The instruction is carried out by the CPU.
The address of the next instruction is determined.
Explication
The execute stage is where the CPU actually performs the actions specified by the instruction.