Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 21 - No. 50)
What is the purpose of the 'execute' phase in the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?
Retrieving the instruction from memory.
Interpreting the instruction.
Carrying out the instruction.
Writing the result to memory.
Paliwanag
During the 'execute' phase, the CPU performs the actions specified by the instruction.