The Processor
3 Main Parts of the Processor
- Control Unit (CU)
- Arithmatic & Logic Unit (ALU)
- Registers
Control Unit (CU)
- The CU sends out signals to fetch instructions from the Main Memory
- The CU carries out the instructions that are fetched from the Main Memory
Arithmatic & Logic Unit (ALU)
- The ALU Carries out the computers arithmetical calculations
Registers
- Regsiters are small memory locations
- Registers store the data for the current instruction
- Registers store the address of a memory location