In fairness, RISC was made feasible in part because suddenly there was more memory available. In some interview, Gordon Bell spoke of David Cutler saying, Gee,

In fairness, RISC was made feasible in part because suddenly there was more memory available. In some interview, Gordon Bell spoke of David Cutler saying, Gee, why didn't we go RISC in the first place, and Bell replying, Remember how scarce memory was? Having said that, Hennessy and Patterson definitely deserve the award.