1.1.2 Types of processor Flashcards by Kirishanth Pirathapan | Brainscape

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What are the benefits of RISC?

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Pipelining is possible since each instruction takes one clock cycle

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What are the benefits of CISC?

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Compilers have less work to do
They require less RAM because instructions are smaller

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