Episode 94: How Computers Work Part IV - Processor Architecture and Machine Code
The Science of Everything Podcast
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The Control Unit Is the Single Component That's Most Overlooked
The control unit is not directly involved in the transfer of data or instructions around the computer. It's also the, at least t seems to me, the single component that's most often overlooked. Its purpose is to take in input from the instruction register and its output is a series of control signals. These control signals tell each component of the processor, and also are parts of the ram as well, what to do.
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