Processors Flashcards
1
Q
ALU
A
Performs calculations such Add , Or and shift operations
2
Q
Control Unit
A
Coordinates activities in the CPU , memory and peripherals
3
Q
Clock
A
Continuos sequence of pulses to step CU thorough its operations
4
Q
Registers
A
Very fast chip in memory for temporary store binary values
5
Q
Program Counter
A
Hold address of next instruction to be executed , incremented as part of FDE
6
Q
Current Instruction register
A
Store the current instruction being run , decode step performed on CIR
