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Control unit

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The control unit is the part of a computer that controls the computer's operation. Basically, each part of the computer requires control signals to arrive at particular times for each instruction. The control unit provides those control signals.

At one time control units were ad-hoc logic, and they were difficult to design. Now they are designed using microprogramming.

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