Module 4
CPU Components
Inside the brain of the computer — ALU, control unit, registers, and how they work together.
Module Overview
The CPU is the brain of every computer, but what actually lives inside that small silicon chip? Billions of transistors working together to fetch, decode, and execute instructions at incredible speeds.
This module takes you deep inside the processor. You will learn about the Control Unit, ALU, registers, cache memory, clock cycles, pipelining, instruction sets, and how multiple cores work together. By the end, you will understand exactly what happens inside a CPU every time you run a program.
In this module, students will learn:
- What a CPU is and how it works
- The Control Unit and its role
- How the ALU performs calculations
- Registers and CPU cache hierarchy
- Clock speed and instruction cycles
- Pipelining and parallel processing
- Multi-core processors and threading
- Instruction sets and CPU performance
Chapters
14 chapters covering the inner workings of the processor.
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