In a multicycle implementation, what is the purpose of additional temporary registers like the Instruction Register $($IR$)$ and Memory Data Register $($MDR$)?$

To hold data between clock cycles of the same instruction.

To increase the processing speed of each instruction.

To directly interface with the main memory for data retrieval.

To provide backup storage for data in case of system failure.

Question $54$

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What is the primary purpose of pipelining in computer architecture?

To decrease the clock cycle time for each instruction.

To increase the number of instructions a computer can execute simultaneously.

To overlap the execution of multiple instructions to improve throughput.

To simplify the instruction set for easier programming.