From: eugene@mpce.mq.edu.au Subject: Re: WP-PCF, Linux, RISC? Date: 19 Apr 1993 13:20:13 GMT
In article <C5o1yq.M34@csie.nctu.edu.tw> ghhwang@csie.nctu.edu.tw (ghhwang) writes:
>
>Dear friend,
> The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
>computer architecture for more information about RISC.
hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember
reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large.
The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not
as orthogonal is CISC.
-- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Some people say it's fun, but I think it's very serious. | | eugene@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+