Ars Technica

Retrospect and prospect: ten years of RISC vs. CISC

Ten years ago, I waded into the then-raging “Mac vs. PC” wars with a lengthy treatise on “RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era.” In the conclusion to that article, I declared the “RISC vs. CISC” debate ...
GitHub

README.md

The OpenCISC processor architecture is a new design that combines the strengths of CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing) and RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) architectures. Its key ...
GitHub

16-bit Multicycle CISC Processor

This project implements a fully functional 16-bit multicycle CISC processor featuring an 8-register file, unified memory architecture, and complete instruction set support including arithmetic, memory ...
IEEE

An approach for implementing efficient superscalar CISC processors

Abstract: An integrated, hardware/software co-designed CISC processor is proposed and analyzed. The objectives are high performance and reduced complexity. Although the x86 ISA is targeted, the ...
Ars Technica

AMD chips RISC or CISC?

I was just wanting to know if anyone can tell me if the new athlon mp and xp's are risc chips or if they went to cisc. I know the older AMD chips were all RISC, but not sure of the newer ones. When ...