A complex instruction set computer (CISC /ˈsɪsk/) is a computer architecture in which single instructions can execute several low-level operations (such...
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No instruction set computing (NISC) is a computing architecture and compiler technology for designing highly efficient custom processors and hardware...
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No instruction set computing – Type of computing architecture One-instruction set computer – Abstract machine that uses only one instruction Complex instruction...
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fundamental abstractions in computing. An instruction set architecture is distinguished from a microarchitecture, which is the set of processor design techniques...
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computational models in structural computing research. The first carbon nanotube computer is a 1-bit one-instruction set computer (and has only 178 transistors)...
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tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set computer (CISC), a RISC computer might require more instructions (more code) in order...
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Itanium (category Very long instruction word computing)
computers, eventually to supplant reduced instruction set computing (RISC) and complex instruction set computing (CISC) architectures for all general-purpose...
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Complex instruction set computer Explicitly parallel instruction computing Reduced instruction set computer Very long instruction word No instruction...
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control store per instruction fetch, leading to what is now called complex instruction set computing. Later techniques for fast instruction cache sped that...
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Computer (redirect from Computing device)
He proved that such a machine is capable of computing anything that is computable by executing instructions (program) stored on tape, allowing the machine...
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ARM architecture family (redirect from Arm instruction set)
RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops...
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Sciences fast instruction set computer, a term used in computer science describing a CPU where the notion of complex instruction set computing (CISC) and...
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An instruction set simulator (ISS) is a simulation model, usually coded in a high-level programming language, which mimics the behavior of a mainframe...
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Explicitly parallel instruction computing (EPIC) is a term coined in 1997 by the HP–Intel alliance to describe a computing paradigm that researchers had...
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personal computing. Many 16-bit CPUs already existed in the mid-1970s. Over the next 30 years, the shift to 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit computing allowed...
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Quil is a quantum instruction set architecture that first introduced a shared quantum/classical memory model. It was introduced by Robert Smith, Michael...
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History of general-purpose CPUs (category History of computing hardware)
these innovations in some form. This basic set of features is now called complex instruction set computing[citation needed] (CISC, pronounced "sisk")...
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Little Computer 3 (section Instruction set)
instruction set, but can be used to write moderately complex assembly programs, and is a viable target for a C compiler. The language is less complex...
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parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task parallelism. Parallelism has long been employed in high-performance computing, but has...
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The x86 instruction set refers to the set of instructions that x86-compatible microprocessors support. The instructions are usually part of an executable...
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AArch64 (section A64 instruction formats)
AArch64 Instruction sets: A64 32-bit: Execution state: AArch32 Instruction sets: A32 + T32 Example: ARMv8-R, Cortex-A32 New instruction set, A64: Has...
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instruction set, or simply compressed instructions, are a variation on a microprocessor's instruction set architecture (ISA) that allows instructions...
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Central processing unit (redirect from Instruction decoder)
Technology portal Addressing mode AMD Accelerated Processing Unit Complex instruction set computer Computer bus Computer engineering CPU core voltage CPU...
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different instruction sets, a simpler instruction set may lead to a higher IPC figure than an implementation of a more complex instruction set using the...
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scheduling Classic RISC pipeline Complex instruction set computer Cycles per instruction Branch predictor Instruction set architecture Crystal Chen, Greg...
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Multi-core processor (redirect from Multi-core (computing))
the design, which increased functionality, especially for complex instruction set computing (CISC) architectures. Clock rates also increased by orders...
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AVX-512 (redirect from Vector Neural Network Instructions)
extensions to the 256-bit Advanced Vector Extensions SIMD instructions for x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) proposed by Intel in July 2013, and first...
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Computer architecture (redirect from Computing architecture)
The case of instruction set architecture can be used to illustrate the balance of these competing factors. More complex instruction sets enable programmers...
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In computing, a pipeline, also known as a data pipeline, is a set of data processing elements connected in series, where the output of one element is the...
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Tools, Techniques. Workshops in Computing. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1992. "BURS-Based Instruction Set Selection" by Dmitri Boulytchev...
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