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unusual facts about control unit


Control unit

The idea of microprogramming was introduced by Maurice Wilkes in 1951 as an intermediate level to execute computer program instructions.


Microsequencer

It is used as a part of the control unit of a CPU or as a stand-alone generator for address ranges.


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2012 British Superbike Championship season

All bikes had to run a standard ECU (Electronics control unit), and the ECU did not include electronics such as traction control and launch control.

Autonet Mobile

The company has recently partnered with Robert Bosch GmbH to manufacture an embedded telematics control unit.

Data General Eclipse

The original Cray-1 system used an Eclipse to act as a Maintenance and Control Unit (MCU).

Lancia Delta

A larger capacity Garrett T3 turbocharger with improved air flow and bigger inter-cooler to aid volumetric efficiency, together with revised settings for the electronic injection/ignition control unit and a knock sensor, boost power output to 185 bhp (DIN) (136 kW) at 5300 rpm and maximum torque of 31 m·kgf (304 N·m, 224 lbf·ft) at 3500 rpm.

New Garrett turbocharger: water-cooled with boost-drive management i.e. boost controlled by feedback from the central control unit on the basis of revs/throttle angle, mapping designed for ultra-progressive response to acceleration;

Team Indus

For the present mission the HHK1 is the main communication and control unit consisting of Payload, Propulsion, Structural and other sub-systems.

Transmeta Efficeon

Internally, the Efficeon has two arithmetic logic units, two load/store/add units, two execute units, two floating-point/MMX/SSE/SSE2 units, one branch prediction unit, one alias unit, and one control unit.

Weisscam

The WEISSCAM HS-1 Control Unit is a complete, portable power PC with the newest dual core processor technology.