1.4 Processor fundamentals

This section introduces students processors. Areas covered include:

          * The Von Neumann model of a processor

          * The parts of a processor, including the registers, ALU, Control Unit and clock

          * The FDE cycle

          * The performance of a CPU

          * Interrupts

          * CISC, RISC and processor instructions

          * Assembly

 
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