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The CPU (central processing unit) is the heart of every embedded system and every personal computer. It comprises the ALU (arithmetic logic unit), responsible for the number crunching, and the CU (control unit), responsible for instruction sequencing and branching. Modern microprocessors and microcontrollers provide, on a single chip, the CPU and a varying degree of additional components, such as counters, timing co-processors, watchdogs, SRAM (static RAM) and Flash-ROM (electrically erasable ROM).
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Bräunl, T. (2022). Central Processing Unit. In: Embedded Robotics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0804-9_2
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