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10. Control Unit

  • Manages the Precessing Unit.

  • Implemented as FSM.

  • FSM directs all activity.

  • Clock-based step-by-step precessing, cycle-by-cycle.

  • FSM is controlled by the

    1. Clock signal

    2. Instruction Register

    3. Reset signal

  •   The von Neumann Machine

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