See controller. A Rather Large Control Unit This is the CPU control unit of the ILIAC IV computer in the 1960s. Today, the equivalent circuitry fits on the head of a pin.

Control Unit The CPU contains a control unit that coordinates activities among the processor's other working parts.

The central processing unit (CPU) is either a dedicated integrated circuit (IC) or intellectual property (IP) core on an IC that processes logic and math. A CPU can handle high-level provisioning of ...

Why CPUs Aren’t Getting Any Faster Making computers faster means relying on the central processing unit (CPU) less than ever before.