David Woolley wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > >> ISTR reading that the Intel 80x86 line was CISC on top and RISC >> underneath. I couldn't swear to it though. All I ever saw or worked >> with was the CISC part of it. > > I think that pretty much defines CISC. CISC machines are normally > micro-program driven machines.
They didn't used to be. However, with the VAX 8600, for example, the instruction set was implemented in microcode. So were the diagnostics for that matter. Danny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
