Brand: Sherwood
The Sherwood Micro-CPU 100 is a small-scale computer processor designed by Gary Sherwood in the mid-1970s. It operates at a clock frequency of 2 MHz and has a 4-bit data bus width, allowing it to process up to 100 instructions per second. The Micro-CPU 100 features a simple instruction set architecture (ISA), including standard control unit, register, and memory unit components. It was primarily designed for use in embedded systems and educational purposes due to its simplicity, low cost, and ease of understanding. Its legacy lives on in modern microprocessors, as the principles of the MIPS (Modified Instruction Set Computer) architecture, which the Micro-CPU 100 set the foundation for, have been adopted in many modern processors.