Wednesday, 30 March 2011

1.4a Control Unit, Memory Unit, and Arithmetic Logic Unit

Arithmetic Logic Unit:
  • Does Maths
  • Works out Logic (IF, Else)
  • Holds I/O while Control unit decides what to do


Memory Unit (Stores)
  • Holds all the instructions to be used
  • Holds all the data to be used

Control Unit
  • Decides next instruction
  • Gets it
  • Deciphers it
  • Tells the other parts what they need to do.

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