Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Computer Science: The Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

Today, we're going to build the ticking heart of every computer - the Central Processing Unit or CPU. The CPU's job is to execute the programs we know and love - you know, like GTA V, Slack... and Power Point. To make our CPU, we'll bring in our ALU and RAM we made in the previous two episodes, and then, with the help of Carrie Anne's wonderful dictation, (slowly) step through some clock cycles. [11:15]