CISC and RISC processor technologies

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Abstract 2 2. Introduction 3 3. CISC Technology 4 3.1 Characteristics 4 3.2 The Advantages of CISC 5 3.3 The Disadvantages of CISC 5 4. RISC Technology 6 4.1 Characteristics 6 4.2 The Advantages of RISC 7 4.3 The Disadvantages of RISC 8 5. Conclusion 9 6. References 10 1.Abstract This report describes the CISC and RISC technologies. Describes the characteristics of each of these technologies. Also Advantages and disadvantages of both technologies are described. So the reader will be able to recognize and compare both technologies. This report describes the "CISC" style of computer …

…Parallel Instruction Computing) based on research and old architecture, the chip is able to process requests faster by taking the mispredictions out of computations. This next generation of technology will supercede the current RISC and CISC technologies today. 6. References [EFRONT] Aaron Dobbins Itanium: 64-bit Processing Arrives <http://www.betanews.com> December 7th, 1999 [WISCISC1] whatis.com authors What is CISC <http://whatis.com/cisc.html> [WISRISC1] whatis authors What is RISC <http://whatis.com/risc.html>