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As mentioned earlier, microprocessors operate on a 3-bus system. The majority of CPUs use a 16-line address bus, an 8-line data bus, and a control bus which contains a number of lines (the number of lines depends on the design of the CPU); we will return to the control bus later.
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© 1981 Noel M. Morris
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Morris, N.M. (1981). A Simple Microcomputer System. In: Microprocessor and Microcomputer Technology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16651-0_4
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