Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)
Used by x86 architectures.
So what is different with RISC?
- https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/risc/risccisc/
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-organization-risc-and-cisc/
- https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/tech-general/articles/risc-vs-cisc
RISC has few instructions in the instruction set.
- RISC: Each instruction is simple and executes in one clock cycle (or a few cycles), making the CPU’s control logic less complex and more efficient.
RISC Is way more power efficient.