A one-instruction set computer (OISC), sometimes referred to as an ultimate reduced instruction set computer (URISC), is an abstract machine that uses...
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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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Minimal instruction set computer (MISC) is a central processing unit (CPU) architecture, usually in the form of a microprocessor, with a very small number...
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In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) (pronounced "risk") is a computer architecture designed to simplify the...
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In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or...
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Reduced instruction set computer Complex instruction set computer Explicitly parallel instruction computing Minimal instruction set computer Very long...
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an executable program, often stored as a computer file and executed on the processor. The x86 instruction set has been extended several times, introducing...
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In computer engineering, an orthogonal instruction set is an instruction set architecture where all instruction types can use all addressing modes. It...
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challenge and amuse programmers. Brainfuck requires one to break down commands into small and simple instructions. The language takes its name from the slang...
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An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer, also referred to as computer architecture. A realization of an ISA is called...
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Very long instruction word (VLIW) refers to instruction set architectures that are designed to exploit instruction-level parallelism (ILP). A VLIW processor...
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1-bit computing (redirect from 1-bit computer)
carbon nanotube computer from 2013 is a 1-bit one-instruction set computer (and has only 178 transistors; since it has only one instruction though it can...
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researchers at HP recognized that reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures were reaching a limit at one instruction per cycle.[clarification needed]...
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ARM architecture family (redirect from Arm instruction set)
originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops the ISAs and licenses...
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typically includes one or more instruction set simulators. To simulate the machine code of another hardware device or entire computer for upward compatibility...
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beginning instruction, so it is most often used to teach fundamentals of programming and computer architecture to computer science and computer engineering...
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MMX is a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instruction set architecture designed by Intel, introduced on January 8, 1997 with its Pentium P5 (microarchitecture)...
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Microarchitecture (redirect from Computer organization)
design or due to shifts in technology. Computer architecture is the combination of microarchitecture and instruction set architecture. The ISA is roughly the...
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architecture instruction set Computer program, a collection of instructions Instruction (band), a 2002 rock band from New York City, US "Instruction" (song)...
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In computer architecture, instructions per cycle (IPC), commonly called instructions per clock, is one aspect of a processor's performance: the average...
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Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at UC Berkeley. Patterson is noted for his pioneering contributions to reduced instruction set computer (RISC) design...
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INT3 instruction is a one-byte-instruction defined for use by debuggers to temporarily replace an instruction in a running program in order to set a code...
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include the instruction set architecture design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation. The first documented computer architecture...
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The Little Man Computer (LMC) is an instructional model of a computer, created by Dr. Stuart Madnick in 1965. The LMC is generally used to teach students...
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Visual Instruction Set, or VIS, is a SIMD instruction set extension for SPARC V9 microprocessors developed by Sun Microsystems. There are five versions...
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In computer science, self-modifying code (SMC or SMoC) is code that alters its own instructions while it is executing – usually to reduce the instruction...
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Machine code (redirect from Machine instruction)
In computer programming, machine code is computer code consisting of machine language instructions, which are used to control a computer's central processing...
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Opcode (redirect from Software instruction set)
logic units (ALUs), central processing units (CPUs), and software instruction sets. In ALUs, the opcode is directly applied to circuitry via an input...
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CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation (redirect from Cardiac (computer))
the computer. The computer operates in base 10 and has 100 memory cells which can hold signed numbers from 0 to ±999. It has an instruction set of 10...
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Bit manipulation instructions sets (BMI sets) are extensions to the x86 instruction set architecture for microprocessors from Intel and AMD. The purpose...
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