"The terminology of calling computer parts "organs" is gone now, but the "Control" here describes what we now commonly refer to as CPU." Actually, what was des

"The terminology of calling computer parts "organs" is gone now, but the "Control" here describes what we now commonly refer to as CPU." Actually, what was described is currently called the "Control Unit". We divide CPUs into a Datapath (which includes registers, busses, ALU...) and a Control Unit which is either hardwired or microcoded. Decoding instructions is the job of the Control Unit though it might get a little help from the Datapath in some designs. The block diagram for a modern processor at the end of the article is just the Datapath - the Control Unit is not shown at all which is the most popular current style. It must actually exist in the chip and HDL sources, of course, if the processor is to actually do anything.