• The purpose of the Central Processing Unit (CPU):
    • The fetch-execute cycle
  • Common CPU components and their function:
    • Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)
    • Control unit (CU)
    • cache
    • registers
  • Von Neumann architecture:
    • Memory Address Register (MAR)
    • Memory Data Register (MDR)
    • Program Counter (PC)
    • Accumulator (ACC)