Parts of the CPU

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In which stage of the Fetch Decode Execute Cycle is the Program Counter Incremented?: Fetch
In which stage of the Fetch Decode Execute Cycle is data transferred from Memory to the Memory Data Register?: Fetch
In which stage of the Fetch Decode Execute Cycle is the Accumulator used to store values?: Execute
Which component would calculate the result of 6 * 4?: ALU
Which register holds the address of the next instruction: Program Counter
Which register holds the memory location of the current instruction being worked on: Memory Address Register
What did Von Neumann propose?: Data and Instructions should be stored in memory
What is the purpose of the ALU?: Carries out arithmetic and logical operations
What is the purpose of the Program Counter: Stores the address of the next instruction to be ran
What is the purpose of the Control Unit?: Controls the flow of data inside the CPU
What is the purpose of the MDR?: Stores data fetched from memory
What is the purpose of the MAR?: Stores the address of the instruction being ran
What does the CPU Cache hold?: Stores frequently used instructions
What is the purpose of the Accumulator?: Stores the results of calculations carried out
What does CPU stand for?: Central Processing Unit

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