The phase of the fetch-execute cycle involves retrieving the instruction from memory.

7. The Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle forms the basis for how a executes instructions.

In the fetch phase, the memory address register (MAR) holds the of the instruction to be fetched.

During the execute phase, the results of the ALU operations are stored in the .

In the execute phase, the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) performs the necessary .