2. Microprocessor classification
2.1 General structure
A microprocessor integrates the processing unit function and possibly other functions on a single chip. As an introduction to this paragraph, we will briefly present and comment on the internal structure of a generic microprocessor (figure 3 ).
This microprocessor consists of a number of function blocks:
the ALU (Arithmetic and Logic Unit), which also includes the working registers;
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the vector unit for processing integer arrays ;
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Bibliography
Software tools
Microsoft compilers http://www.microsoft.com
Borland Compilers http://www.borland.com
GNU compilers http://gcc.gnu.org
Websites
International Organization for Standardization ISO POSIX and X/OPEN – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE http://www3.opengroup.org
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