Journal: 32-bit ALU
Due at 10:30pm the night before Monday, September 14, 2015

Please submit this reading journal by emailing it to curtsinger@cs.grinnell.edu with the subject [CSC 211.01] 32-bit ALU Journal.

  1. The reading describes a 32-bit ALU built out of smaller (but still complex) components like addres and multiplexors. Why is a processor designed this way?
  2. What aspect of an ALU’s design surprises you the most? Why? Why do you think it was designed this way?

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