Episode 94: How Computers Work Part IV - Processor Architecture and Machine Code
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The Type of Control Signal That the Control Unit to Output
The control unit needs to output all the relevant things that components have to be controlled in the processes. This includes all registers that can be read from or written to from the busses, and any bits that you need to determine where the ale you get its input from. Even very simple processes with only a few in a few dozen instructions may need several dozen of these control signals. So this depends on the exact micro architecture of the processeof that specific machine.
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