eolas/Hardware/CPU/Introduction.md
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CPU

CPU: Introduction

At the core of a computer sits the Central Processing Unit. This is the assembly of chips that execute all computation. Instructions are passed to the CPU along the data bus part of the system bus from the memory. The kernel, also residing in memory sequences and schedules the sending of data to the CPU and manages requests from the CPU for data in memory.