Components

• CONTROL UNIT

  • In overall control of the CPU
  • Manage FDE cycle
  • Controls flow of data
• ALU

  • Does all calculations
  • Logic operations like AND, OR, NOT
  • Binary shifts
  • Contains ACC
• PROGRAM COUNTER

  • Holds memory address of the instruction for each cycle
• ACCUMULATOR

  • Stores intermediate results of calculations in the ALU
• MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER

  • Holds any memory address about yo be used by the CPU
  • Might point to data or an instruction