Single cycle processor explained

A single cycle processor is a processor that carries out one instruction in a single clock cycle.^[1]

See also

• Complex instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in multiple clock cycles
• DLX, a very similar architecture designed by John L. Hennessy (creator of MIPS) for teaching purposes
• MIPS architecture, MIPS-32 architecture
• MIPS-X, developed as a follow-on project to the MIPS architecture
• Reduced instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in minimal clock cycles

Notes and References

1. Book: Harris. Digital Design and Computer Architecture ARM Edition. Elsevier. 2016. 978-0-12-800056-4. sec. 7.3.