Ian Lynch wrote:
Its also the principle on which the ARM processor design is based. Make
the processor more efficient by reducing the instructions to those used
most often and get them to execute faster, do the things that don't
happen that often in software even though its slower. There is an
overall improvement in efficiency. Hence processors that do not need
heat sinks and are very low cost to manufacture.
Yeah. I'm no expert, but I like the idea of RISC architectures. Simple
systems tend to work well. Kind of like the KISS principle. Or the Unix
philosophy "do one thing and do it well".
It's surprising that the CPU that got popular is abnormal in that it's
not RISC. Though, with any luck, AMD will get more dominant, and bring
back RISC (AMD chips translate the x86 CISC instructions into a RISC core).
Note to readers: the R in RISC is for "Reduced" and the C in CISC is for
"Complex".
Cheers,
Daniel.
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