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title: "ALU"
aliases: 
tags: 
- cosc204
---

part of the [CPU](notes/CPU.md)

![](https://i.imgur.com/wLJhTSG.png)

- performs arithmetic
	- add, subtract, etc.
- logical operations
	- and, or, shift, etc
- subunits
	- lofical operations
	- addition
	- multiplication and dividion
	- shifting
	- comparison
	- logical tests (if, >0, <0, =0, <=0, etc)