ALU is responsible for the processing of data inside a processor. It analyses and compares numbers, letters and special characters. It performs calculations and does comparisons. It also decoded data...
Logic and comparison decisions, such as comparing items to determine if one is greater than, less than, equal to, or not equal to another, is the job of the ALU in the CPU.
Before the developement of micro-processers and micro-computers, a computer was divided into functional units, e.g. reader, punch, bulk memory etc. These were all "peripherals", gathered around and...
An Arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations. The ALU is a fundamental building block of the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer, and...