DMA allows the CPU to process data transfers between RAM and I/O devices faster by speeding up the CPU clock during operations that do not require the use of the ALU.

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DMA (Direct Memory Access) allows peripherals to directly read from and write to system memory without involving the CPU for data transfer operations, thus freeing the CPU to perform other tasks. It does not speed up the CPU clock.

DMA Allows the CPU to Process Data Transfers Between RAM