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x86-64 Assembly - University of Washington
courses.cs.washington.eduComplex Instruction Set Computing (CISC): Add more and more elaborate and specialized instructions as needed Lots of tools for programmers to use, but hardware must be able to handle all instructions x86-64 is CISC, but only a small subset of instructions encountered with Linux programs Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC): Keep instruction ...
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Introduction to ...
www.cis.upenn.eduCI 50 (Martin/Roth): Instruction Set Architectures 6 RISC vs CISC Foreshadowing ¥Recall performance equation: ¥(instructions/program) * (cycles/instruction) * (seconds/cycle) ¥CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing) ¥Improve Òinstructions/programÓ with ÒcomplexÓ instructions ¥Easy for assembly-level programmers, good code density