bus, the control unit issues a READ command on the control bus, and the result
appears on the data bus and is copied into the memory buffer register (MBR).We
also need to increment the PC by the instruction length to get ready for the next instruction.
Because these two actions (read word from memory, increment PC) do
not interfere with each other, we can do them simultaneously to save time. The
third step is to move the contents of the MBR to the instruction register (IR).This
frees up the MBR for use during a possible indirect cycle.