Module 9 - Microprogramming
1. Introduction: The Role of the Control Unit
1.1 Definition: The Control Unit (CU) is the core component of a computer's Central Processing ...
2. The Control Unit Dilemma: Hardwired vs. Microprogrammed
The fundamental problem of generating control signals, introduced in Section 1.0, is solved by tw...
3. Principles of Microprogrammed Control
This section details the core theory of the microprogrammed control unit, the flexible alternativ...
4. The Micro-instruction
If the Control Store is the "recipe book" for the CPU, then a micro-instruction is a single "line...
5. Execution Flow and Sequencing
This section connects all the previous concepts to illustrate how the microprogrammed control uni...