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TIMING DIAGRAM for various machine cycles

The machine cycles are the basic operations performed by the processor, while
instructions are executed. The time taken for performing each machine cycle is
expressed in terms of T-states.
One T-state is the time period of one clock cycle of the microprocessor.
The various machine cycles are
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Opcode fetch ..
Memory Read .
Memory Write .
I/O Read ..
I/O Write .
Interrupt Acknowledge
Bus Idle

4/6T
3T
3T
3T
3T
6 / 12 T
2/3T

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