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What's Inside the CPU ?

1999
In the next century, computers are going to play an important in our life. CPU is the "brain" and "heart" of the computer. Many people would ask, "What's inside the CPU?". This webpage give you the answer. This page would introduce the basic concept about computers and CPUs. The following topics would be include: - history of CPU and computers - structure of CPU - how CPU execute an instruction - how CPU control the peripheral device of a computer - basic concept of number representation and coding - basic concept of machine instructions - and more ....