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1.3 BASIC FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS OF A MICROPROCESSOR

A microprocessor is a programmable IC which is capable of performing arithmetic and

logical operations. The basic functional block diagram of a microprocessor is shown in Fig. 1.1.
The basic functional blocks of a microprocessor are ALU, Flag register, Register array, Program
Counter (PC)/Instruction Pointer (IP), Instruction decoding unit and Timing and Control unit.
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