li_chapter9.ppt

9.1 Arithmetic Logic Unit Does the calculations Everything else in the computer is there to serve this unit Controller, registers, memory, I/O Handles integers, floating point (real) numbers May be separate FPU (maths co-processor) May be on chip separate FPU(486DX +)ALU Inputs and Outputs 4.2 Integer Representation Only have 0 1 to represent everything Positive numbers stored in binary e.g. 41No minus sign No period (.) n-bit binary digits an-1an-2….a1a0 denotes an unsigned integer A Sign-Magnitude Representation Left most bit is sign bit 0 means positive 1 means negative +18 = 00