A CPU (Central Processing Unit) is a hardware component of a computer system that is capable of processing input data.
A CPU is consisted of several internal parts (internal architecture) :
- Cache
- Register
- ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)
- Control unit
Generally there are two CPU types:
- CPUs with large number of sophisticated registers
- CPUs with large number of built-in and specialized instructions
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