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ATmega161(L)
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Figure 21.
The Parallel Instruction Fetches and Instruction Executions
Figure 22 shows the internal timing concept for the register file. In a single clock cycle
an ALU operation using two register operands is executed and the result is stored back
to the destination register.
Figure 22.
Single Cycle ALU Operation
The internal data SRAM access is performed in two System Clock cycles as described
in Figure 23.
Figure 23.
On-chip Data SRAM Access Cycles
System Clock Ø
1st Instruction Fetch
1st Instruction Execute
2nd Instruction Fetch
2nd Instruction Execute
3rd Instruction Fetch
3rd Instruction Execute
4th Instruction Fetch
T1
T2
T3
T4
System Clock Ø
Total Execution Time
Register Operands Fetch
ALU Operation Execute
Result Write Back
T1
T2
T3
T4
System Clock Ø
WR
RD
Data
Data
Address
Address
T1
T2
T3
T4
Prev. Address
Read
Write