A dedicated embedded processor in a smart-grid controller is continuously running a loop to monitor voltage fluctuations. During one cycle, it processes a machine-code instruction to compare a sensor reading against a safe threshold.
Describe the operations that occur within the processor's architecture during:
the Decode stage of this cycle.
the Execute stage of this cycle.
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