CPUs - How a Computer Really Works
(In Several Related Steps)
06/19/2013
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What does a Processor really do?
- Realizing that it does not stand alone, it cannot do anything without Software as a "Operating System".
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Where does "Digital"
fit in to this picture? (i.e. "0's" and "1's").
- And just what is the significance to 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit Processors?
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Let's Design a new CPU the way we want it to be.
- We can even make our own codes.
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Where does Memory fit into the picture?
- We need a place for our "Operating System", as well as for Data-Storage.
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How can we start moving data around?
- How many ways can we do this?>
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What are some of the conventional Addressing Modes?
- Before groups define them their way.
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How can one CPU "Emulate" another CPU?
- Can a "lessor CPU" emulate a "more powerful" one?