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Control Unit

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Xinyang YU

Abstract


  • The part of CPU that understands the Instruction by looking at its Opcode, referencing to the corresponding Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). It then determines which Register, ALU & Main Memory to active, generating Control Signal to carry out the Operation

Control Signal

  • Electric signals that tells CPU Datapath, Main Memory & IO Device what to do according to a given Instruction
  • Abstract
  • Control Signal

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  • ISA Instruction Format
  • Instruction Stages
  • CPU
  • MIPS ALU
  • cs2100 nus notes

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