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In this chapter we get to grips with the engine of the processor — the control unit. The use of the control unit is explained, together with how it uses sets of micro-instructions to implement each opcode and run the fetch-execute cycle.
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© 2004 Mark Burrell
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Burrell, M. (2004). The Control Unit. In: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11313-9_17
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