How does a computer processor work? Principle of operation

Almost everyone knows that in the computer, the main element among all the "iron" components is the central processor. But the circle of people who imagine how the processor works is very limited. Most users have no idea about this. And even when the system suddenly starts to “slow down”, many people think that this processor does not work well and do not attach importance to other factors. To fully understand the situation, consider some aspects of the CPU.

What is a central processing unit?

A central processing unit (CPU or in the English version of the CPU) is the heart of any computer system. All computational operations are entrusted to him, moreover, not only arithmetic or floating point calculations (variable mantissa), but also logical ones.

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