multicycle
- adjective
- Specialized
- One of the FXU units is specialized in executing complex, multicycle integer instructions such as multiplication and division.
- multicycle operations
Examples
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For example, the FXU can proceed to execute register-to-register and load/store operations even when the FPU is working on multicycle arithmetic operations, such as divide or square root.
Academic text (1994) -
The new processor design allows for efficient handling of multicycle tasks that require several stages of execution.
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Both POWER2 FXU execution units work together on multicycle load/store operations.
Academic text (1994) -
While one MAF unit is consumed for many cycles because of multicycle operations, such as divide or square-root instructions, the instruction queue should be able to feed the other unit with independent instructions.
Academic text (1994) -
In the latest update, the software can optimize multicycle operations to improve overall performance.
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Engineers prefer to use multicycle methods in complex calculations to ensure accuracy over many processing cycles.
Synonyms
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5.1
Happening again and again at regular times
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4.8
Happens repeatedly in a regular pattern
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6.6
Happening again and again to improve something
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4.4
Having several stages that happen one after another
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5.5
A machine or process that has more than one stage
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6.8
Needing more than one full turn to change a setting
Having several stages that repeat over time
Antonyms
How Repetitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Multicycle comes from the parts multi- 'many' and cycle 'turn' or 'circle', like in bicycle. So in computing a multicycle operation is one that needs more than one clock cycle to finish.