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datapath

The part of a processor that carries values around: register file, ALU, memory connections, and the wires between them. The control unit decides what flows where.

The datapath is the set of functional units (register file, ALU, address adders, memory interfaces) and the buses and multiplexers connecting them, through which instruction operands and results move under the control unit's direction.

See also

control unit ALU
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