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Understanding Computer Processing Units

The document explains how a computer processing unit (CPU) operates, detailing its components such as RAM, ROM, Control Unit, and Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). It describes the process of instruction handling, from user input to data storage and processing, culminating in output generation. The CPU fetches instructions from memory, performs operations using the ALU, and stores results back in memory.

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Understanding Computer Processing Units

The document explains how a computer processing unit (CPU) operates, detailing its components such as RAM, ROM, Control Unit, and Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU). It describes the process of instruction handling, from user input to data storage and processing, culminating in output generation. The CPU fetches instructions from memory, performs operations using the ALU, and stores results back in memory.

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MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2020

HOW THE PROCESSING UNIT


WORKS?

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The processing unit comprises:


Memory
RAM (Random Access Memory)
ROM (Random Access Memory)

Control Unit (CU)

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

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Lets see how these parts work together to carry out an instruction.

▪The user gives instructions through any input device.

▪These instructions get converted in the digital form of 0’s and 1’s.

▪Now, the data/instruction gets stored in RAM for further processing.

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▪Control Unit takes the instruction from the memory and transfers it to

ALU.

▪ALU performs arithmetical or logical operations on the data provided

by the control unit.

▪The result or output obtained gets transferred to output device or

stored in memory for sometime.

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▪The actual mathematical operation for each instruction is performed

by a combinational logic circuit within the CPU's processor known as

the arithmetic logic unit or ALU.

▪In general, a CPU executes an instruction by fetching it from memory,

using its ALU to perform an operation, and then storing the result to

memory.
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▪The Central Processing Unit (CPU) The computer does its primary

work in a part of the machine we cannot see, a control center that

converts data input to information output.

▪The CPU interacts closely with primary storage, or main memory,

referring to it for both instructions and data.

COMPUTER PROCESSING 10

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