Thursday, March 3, 2011

Microprocessor

The microprocessor is a small VLSI (very large scale integration) chip with many pins. It processes information and manage the exchange between the Input/Output units and main memory.

It is controlled by a sequence of instructions called microprocessor program, and the result of this program in sent to the appropriate periphiral (input and output).
The microprocessor consists of the following sections:

* Several registers which stores data.

* Arithmatic and logic unit (ALU)

* Control and timing unit.

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