Well, the meaning of "reduced" has shifted from "not having specialized instructions" to "load-store and preferably fixed-length". Ain't that the truth. Reduce

Well, the meaning of "reduced" has shifted from "not having specialized instructions" to "load-store and preferably fixed-length". Ain't that the truth. Reduced never meant anything; they never defined it. Patterson said they cooked up the name on the way to a grant presentation. I think they should call it Warmed Over Cray. What was new in RISC that wasn't in Cray? It was like the Geometry Engine; it was possible for an academic department to accomplish but that doesn't mean they accomplished anything that hadn't already been done. preferably fixed-length Or fixed-length/2.