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CISC is an acronym for Complex Instruction Set Computer. It is a processor design philosophy favoring larger and more complex sets of instructions, that usually execute in many, and varying numbers of, clock cycles and varying amounts of time. This makes programs slower, and smaller, needing less bus bandwidth, memory (RAM), and storage (disk). Common CISC processors (and original makers): 68k (Motorola), TRON, x86 (Intel), Z-80 (Zilog).

Subcategories

• 65xx
• 68k
• MIX
• TRON
• Z80
• iAPX-432
• x86

Resources in This Category

• Complex Instruction Set Computer

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_instruction_set_computer
  Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

• What is CISC?

  http://www.webopedia.com/term/c/cisc.html
  Defines term, and lists other Webpages. Webopedia.

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