Reduced Instruction Set Computers Then and Now
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- 18 December 2017
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer
- Vol. 50 (12) , 10-12
Abstract
A widely cited Computer article published in 1982 described the reduced instruction set computer (RISC) as an alternative to the general trend at the time toward increasingly complex instruction sets. A RISC executes most instructions in a single short cycle.Keywords
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