Practice Evolution Of Processor Architectures: From Cisc To Modern Designs (6.5)
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Evolution of Processor Architectures: From CISC to Modern Designs

Practice - Evolution of Processor Architectures: From CISC to Modern Designs

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Question 1 Easy

What does CISC stand for?

💡 Hint: Remember the term that suggests complexity in instruction sets.

Question 2 Easy

Name one advantage of RISC architecture.

💡 Hint: Think about the instruction lengths.

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Question 1

What does CISC stand for?

Capital Instruction Set Computer
Complex Instruction Set Computer
Common Instruction Set Computer

💡 Hint: Focus on the term that suggests complexity.

Question 2

True or False: RISC architectures only use fixed-length instructions.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the defining traits of RISC design.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Assess how the shift from CISC to RISC has impacted modern application software development.

💡 Hint: Consider how architectures affect coding strategies.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a basic algorithm illustrating how a hybrid processor might optimize a complex CISC instruction.

💡 Hint: Think about the transformation process from high-level to low-level operations.

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