RISC

Noun

Meaning

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

reduced instruction set computer reduced instruction set computing babydoll FATS

Antonyms

CISC complex instruction set computer complex instruction set computing

Hypernyms

architecture computer architecture

Anagrams

cris ICSR ISRC SIRC

Examples

Acorn won a contract to develop a consumer device / receiver, and duly supplied a RISC OS based touch-screen tablet computer for the pilot. Source: Internet

According to MIPS Technologies Inc., there was an exponential growth, with 48-million MIPS-based CPU shipments and 49% of total RISC CPU market share in 1997. citation MIPS was so successful that SGI spun off MIPS Technologies in 1998. Source: Internet

Alpha, originally known as Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), designed to replace their 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set. Source: Internet

As a result of AMD's 64-bit contribution to the x86 lineage and its subsequent acceptance by Intel, the 64-bit RISC architectures ceased to be a threat to the x86 ecosystem and almost disappeared from the workstation market. Source: Internet

Acorn RISC Machine: ARM2 The official Acorn RISC Machine project started in October 1983. Source: Internet

Alpha Another study was started to see if a new RISC architecture could be defined that could directly support the VMS operating system. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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