RISC V CISC

Physically larger to accommodate more complex circuitry.

• RISC
• CISC

Cheaper to mass produce.

• RISC
• CISC

Designed to use less power and run cooler meaning that they can be used in smartphones that don't have dedicated cooling systems (like fans).

• RISC
• CISC

Fewer instructions

• RISC
• CISC

This type of instruction set will have a large amount of known instructions (for example 80-100) and these will be complex in nature (i.e. each instruction may represent several steps)

• CISC
• RISC

RISC Processors This type of instruction set has a much smaller amount of known instructions (for example 30-40).

• As a result, in RISC, more instructions are required to perform a task.
• As a result, in RISC, less instructions are required to perform a task.

What is CISC? 

• Complex Instruction Set Computing 
• Complete Instruction Set Computing 
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• Common Instruction Set Computing

CISC aims to improve processing time by increasing the number of instructions understood by the CPU in the instruction set.

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CISC aims to use as few lines of assembly code as possible, even if more clock cycles are needed as a result.

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RISC aims to improve processing speed by simplifying instructions so that one line takes one clock cycle.

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