ALU
The Arithmetic/Logic Unit does the
actual computation
Each type of data has its own separate instructions
ADDB    : add bytes   ADDBU   : add bytes unsigned
ADDH   : add half words   ADDHU   : add halves unsigned
ADD   : add words   ADDU   : add words unsigned
ADDS   : add short decimal numbers
ADDD   : add long decimal numbers
Most computers have only about
a 100-150 instructions hard wired