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Is PowerPC still considered RISC? That instruction set has evolved considerably from the 601 days. What is a "real" RISC CPU? By what definition?
by astrodust 9y ago
Is PowerPC still considered RISC? That instruction set has evolved considerably from the 601 days.
What is a "real" RISC CPU? By what definition?
- Taniwha 9y agoWell, there's lots of definitions - I'd include anything that generally has: - single cycle ops - easy to decode ops (fixed size) - load/store architecture - lots of registers to reduce pressure on memory