Chapter 3: Microprocessors #

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Topcis covered in “Verschlungene Pfade”: the kitchen as a plant - architecture of a microprocessor - arithmetic logic unit - registers and main memory - mulitplexers - the data path - the control path - control signals - implementing a microprogram - a finite state machine in hardware - clock signal - designing an instruction set - executing a program - machine code and assembler - metabolic pathways - protein structure and folding.

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