Byte Size

[tedthebear]

When instructions are traveling through the processor's pipeline, how many bits go through each stage in one cycle?
If a processor has a 32 bit bus, does this mean the answer is 32 bits per cycle?????
I am confused!
Can somebody help me?
Thanks.

 

[tedthebear]

Or another way to ask this:
How many bits can go from one stage to the next in a single clock cycle???
32 bits is just the width of the pipeline, right?
Thanks.

 

[AndyHui]

In an x86 processor, the instruction is variable in length. As for data, it is 32 bits wide.