In these lectures, we begin our three-lecture exploration of Computer Hardware. We start by looking at the different types of computer components and how they interact during basic …

How does the CPU know which instruction to execute? What kind of instruction is to be executed? Next instruction follows. PC is incremented by length of instruction just completed. CPU has …

what instructions does the CPU provide? CPU design involves complicated tradeoffs among functionality, speed, complexity, programmability, power consumption, ...

Catherine has bought a new laptop computer which was advertised as having a 1.6GHz dual-core central processing unit (CPU) and 512KB Level 1 cache. State the purpose of the CPU.

The CPU performs the operation specified by the instruction, which might involve accessing data, performing calculations, or controlling other parts of the computer.

In the last lecture we have looked at the overall structure of a computer, which has three main components: CPU, memory and IO, all connected together via three buses: address bus, data …

Designing a simple CPU from the ground up provides an opportunity to grasp basic computer architecture concepts while students experience the satisfaction of making their own CPU.