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1 - Components of a Computer System
The CPU and System Performance
CPU Registers
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ALU
: Arithmetic Logic Unit. Peforms arithmetic Calculations, contains Accumulator: stores
ALU data.
Registers
: Provide the fastest way to access data. Types: Program Counter, Memory Address Register, Memory Data Register, Accumulator.
Program Counter
holds
address
of
instruction
for each cycle.
Memory Address Register
(
MAR
) Stores
memory
address
to be used by
CPU.
Memory Data Register
(
MDR
)
Stores
data
or
instruction
about to be
fetched.
CU:
Control
Unit, to manage the
Fetch
,
Decode
,
Execute
Cycle. Controls
Flow
of data.