Even a ridiculously simple CPU, such as the one at http://www.gravitybowl.com/Design_Images/3_CPU_Design.jpg, has a heck of a lot more than "memory and a control unit". A brief overview of some of the main components can be seen at http://www.fujitsu.com/img/EDG/product/asic/chip926.gif.
- Tom --- Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Think of asserting that "All computers will be, at > their core, adding machines." > > to get what appears to me to be the right feeling > tone. > > Well, if you take apart a modern CPU, you will find > it has 3 or 4 nearly > identical units called "Arethmitic Logic Units" -- > which are glorified > adding machines, and these four ALUs process every > piece of data in main > memory. > > To get a whole computer, you need a memory and a > control unit and damn > little else. > > -- > Opera: Sing it loud! :o( )>-< > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=27108758-68bc7e
