Control Unit


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DATE: Oct. 13, 2020, 3:20 a.m.

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  1. Part of the Von Neumann Architecture
  2. Job is to:
  3. - Fetch from memory the next instruction to be executed
  4. - Decode it (determine what is to be done)
  5. - Execute it by issuing the appropriate commands to the ALU, memory, or I/O controllers
  6. - Often referred to as the 'processor' when grouped with the ALU

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