COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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RISC
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CISC
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Reduced Instruction Set Computer is a type of microprocessor architecture that utilizes a small, highly-optimized set of instructions rather than the highly-specialized set of instructions typically found in other architectures.
Detailed explanation-2: -The RISC ISA emphasizes software over hardware. The RISC instruction set requires one to write more efficient software (e.g., compilers or code) with fewer instructions. CISC ISAs use more transistors in the hardware to implement more instructions and more complex instructions as well.
Detailed explanation-3: -Generally speaking, RISC is seen by many as an improvement over CISC. The argument for RISC over CISC is that having a less complicated set of instructions makes designing a CPU easier, cheaper and quicker.