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Arithmetic Logic Unit

The document provides an overview of the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), detailing its function as a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations. It discusses the historical context of the ALU's proposal by John Von Neumann in 1945 and includes a schematic representation of a 1-bit ALU capable of AND and OR operations. Additionally, it mentions the construction of larger ALUs by paralleling multiple 1-bit units.

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Arithmetic Logic Unit

The document provides an overview of the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), detailing its function as a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations. It discusses the historical context of the ALU's proposal by John Von Neumann in 1945 and includes a schematic representation of a 1-bit ALU capable of AND and OR operations. Additionally, it mentions the construction of larger ALUs by paralleling multiple 1-bit units.

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Arithmetic & Logic Unit

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Review: CPU Buildingg Blocks
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The Simplest Computer Building Blocks

Instruction Register (IR) Program Counter (PC)

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What’ss ALU?
What
1. ALU stands for: Arithmetic Logic Unit
1
2. ALU is a digital circuit that performs
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(AND, OR, NOT) operations.
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A and B: the inputs to the ALU
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R: Output or Result
F: Code or Instruction from the
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D: Output status; it indicates cases
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•carry‐in
•carry‐out,
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•overflow,
•division‐by‐zero
•And . . .
Let’s Build a 1‐Bit ALU
This is an one-bit ALU which can do Logical AND and Logical OR operation.

Result = a AND b when operation = 0

Result = a OR b when operation = 1

The operation line is the input of a MUX.


Building a 1‐Bit ALU (cont’d)
Adding a full adder to our ALU
A 32‐Bit ALU
By paralleling the one-bit ALUs and some other modification on the
logical circuits, we can create bigger ALUs.

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