Prompted by the chipmaker's announcement of the SSE5 instruction-set extensions, Glaskowsky analyzes the ultimate outcome to this old controversy. Peter N. Glaskowsky is a computer architect in ...

Couple of questionable generalities H@.<BR><BR>RISC ISAs generally have 32 bit instructions. Popular CISC ISAs like x86 and VAX generally have average instruction length less than 32 bits for most ...

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...