functional units of digital system

Instruction Pipeline Pipeline processing can occur not only in the data stream but in the instruction stream as well. Most of the…

Cache Memory The data or contents of the main memory that are used frequently by CPU are stored in the cache memory…

Main Memory The main memory acts as the central storage unit in a computer system. It is a relatively large and fast…

Evolution of Computing Devices ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first computing system designed in the early 1940s. It consisted…

Parallel Processing Parallel processing can be described as a class of techniques which enables the system to achieve simultaneous data-processing tasks to…

Instruction Cycle A program residing in the memory unit of a computer consists of a sequence of instructions. These instructions are executed…

Addressing Sequencing in Computer Organization The control memory is used to store the microinstructions in groups. Here each group is used to…

Basic Operational Concepts The primary function of a computer system is to execute a program, sequence of instructions. These instructions are stored…

Memory Hierarchy A memory unit is an essential component in any digital computer since it is needed for storing programs and data.…

Examples of Boolean algebra simplifications using logic gates In this section, we will look at some of the examples of Boolean algebra…