Overview
RISC is a philosophy of CPU design that uses a small, highly optimized set of instructions. The goal is to make each instruction so simple that it can be executed in a single clock cycle.
Key Characteristics
- Simplicity: Fewer instructions and addressing modes.
- Efficiency: Easier to pipeline and optimize for power consumption.
- Software-Heavy: Relies on the compiler to combine simple instructions into complex tasks.
Examples
- ARM Architecture.
- RISC-V.
- MIPS.