Figure P7.27 gives a partial skeleton diagram of a pipelined processor. What is the purpose of the flipflops (registers) in the information paths? 

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FIGURE P7.27 +4 MPLX PC CLK Structure of a Pipelined Processor Instruction memory IR Literal Source 1 Source 2 Destination Op-code CLK Flip-flop S address D S2 address CLK Flip-flop Flip-flop CLK CLK Flip-flop Register file S S D S S PC Literal CLK S, flip-flop Result CLK S flip-flop 0 Branch address path MPLX ALU CLK Result flip-flop Op-code Cengage Learning 2014