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Software Engineering

RISC vs CISC architecture

RISC and CISC differ based on the following factors: approach to improve computing performance, hardware and Software focus and hardware specifications. In general, both are equally useful. CISC is commonly used in automation devices whereas RISC is used in video and image processing applications.

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instruction set

Examples of Instruction Sets

We have demonstrated examples of instruction set architectures from various categories such as RISC, CISC, MISC, VLIW, EPIC, OISC and ZISC. Examples include ARM, MIPS, OpenRISC, SPARC, x86, z architecture, Intel 8080, Transputer, Transmeta Crusoe, Elbrus 2000, Itanium, Cryptoleq, NI1000 and CM1K.

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instruction set

7 Types of Instruction Set

Instruction sets are Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC), Minimal instruction set computers (MISC), Very long instruction word (VLIW), Explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC), One instruction set computer (OISC) and Zero instruction set computer

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Computer Architecture

Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) architecture explained

CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer architecture focuses on reducing the number of instructions per program It has emphasis on hardware design, has multi clock complex instructions, memory to memory instructions, high cycles per second, small code size and uses transistors for storing instructions

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