{"id":53,"date":"2022-07-04T09:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serialstoragewire.net\/?p=53"},"modified":"2022-09-03T09:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:44:02","slug":"processor-architectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.serialstoragewire.net\/computer-engineering\/processor-architectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Processor Architectures: From CISC to RISC"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early days of computing, all instruction sets were based on a complex architecture called CISC. This acronym stands for Complex Instruction Set Computing and refers to the way that individual instructions are composed of multiple steps. While this approach made it possible to create powerful processors, it also resulted in slower execution times. In the 1980s, engineers at IBM developed a new type of processor architecture called RISC, or Reduced Instruction Set Computing. This approach relied on simpler instructions that could be executed quickly and efficiently. As a result, RISC-based processors became popular in desktop and laptop computers. RISC has recently become increasingly common in mobile devices and servers.<\/p>\n

Useful types of computer architecture<\/h2>\n

The Von Neumann architecture, named after mathematician and early computer scientist John von Neumann, is a design blueprint for an electronic digital computer with these components:<\/p>\n