CPU

CPU

1. What is the CPU?

   • Central Processing Unit
   • The brain of the computer

2. What does the CPU do?

   • The CPU handles all the information it receives from the hardware and software running on the computer

3. Primary components of the CPU

   • ALU (Arithmetic logic unit)
     • Performs mathematical, logical, and decision operations
   • CU (Control unit)
     • Directs all of the processors operations