Introduction to Central Processing Units (CPUs) In the world of computing, the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is vital. It’s the main chip in any computing device, akin to the brain in a human body. It does the heavy lifting of processing instructions from different programs and applications running on a…
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Part 1: The Role of the CPU in Computer Systems The central processing unit (CPU) is often referred to as the “brain” of the computer, and for good reason. It is responsible for executing the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control, and input/output operations…