How does a CPU work? Overview

This course about digital logic is splitted into two big chunks: Combinatorial circuits (without memory elements) Sequential circuits (with …

Boolean Algebra and Basic Logic Gates We are starting (the journey) with three very basic logic functions (or operations), which despite …

== XOR As there are a lot of important applications for the exclusive-or (XOR) operation it is dedicated an own blog post. Two of the most …

The Binary System All computer we act with on a daily base do not know about the decimal system we are using, based on the ten digits at …

Extending the binary system While in the previous blog post about addition, the binary numbers had only one interpretation, we extend the …

The ALU, the swiss knife of every cpu Today the author wants to introduce an important part of every cpu: The arithmetic logic unit (ALU), …

Hello Folks, today we want to have a peek look into cascaded combinatorics with the example of priority encoder and decoders…​. Second, we …

Memory Organization In this blog post the author will introduce the different types of semiconductor memory. This is a wide field, so the …

Digital design meets computer architecture RISC vs CISC and The RISC-V architecture Existing processor types can be classified by their …