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CISC and RISC today - Raspberry Pi Tutorial
From the course: Getting Started with RISC-V
CISC and RISC today
- [Instructor] If you're thinking that RISC is better than CISC or the other way around, you may be wrong. Recall that RISC is very simple and fast, whereas CISC is sophisticated and slower. So which is better, performing lots of tiny instructions super-fast, or performing titanic instructions at a slower pace? It turns out that there are many modern successful applications for both CISC and RISC processors. Today, CISC processors dominate the market of desktop and laptop computers, as well as video game systems. There you'll likely find processors by Intel or AMD. These belong to the x86 or x64 family. On the other hand, RISC processors dominate the market of embedded devices like fitness machines or automotive applications, mobile devices like smartphones or tablets, and high performance computing systems. Now interestingly, this market is almost completely dominated by ARM, a company that designs the intellectual…
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