top | item 32744280 (no title) mattcaldwell | 3 years ago RISC architecture is gonna change everything. discuss order hn newest killingtime74|3 years ago ARM is already RISC. Majority of smart phones in the world tinktank|3 years ago It already did. crotho|3 years ago [deleted] arcticbull|3 years ago Basically all processors today are RISC.Event the venerable behemoth x86(_64) has a front-end which translates CISC instructions into RISC-like micro-ops.The distinction is pretty meaningless today. snvzz|3 years ago Micro-ops are a microarchitecture implementation detail. They are also used by many RISC microarchitectures, and are ultimately irrelevant to ISA.Ever since the RISC paper, every new architecture of any remaining significance today has been RISC. Today, it makes more sense than ever[0].The only CISC that remains in large-scale use is x86, which I expect to finally be deprecated during this decade.0. https://itnext.io/risc-vs-cisc-microprocessor-philosophy-in-... load replies (2)
arcticbull|3 years ago Basically all processors today are RISC.Event the venerable behemoth x86(_64) has a front-end which translates CISC instructions into RISC-like micro-ops.The distinction is pretty meaningless today. snvzz|3 years ago Micro-ops are a microarchitecture implementation detail. They are also used by many RISC microarchitectures, and are ultimately irrelevant to ISA.Ever since the RISC paper, every new architecture of any remaining significance today has been RISC. Today, it makes more sense than ever[0].The only CISC that remains in large-scale use is x86, which I expect to finally be deprecated during this decade.0. https://itnext.io/risc-vs-cisc-microprocessor-philosophy-in-... load replies (2)
snvzz|3 years ago Micro-ops are a microarchitecture implementation detail. They are also used by many RISC microarchitectures, and are ultimately irrelevant to ISA.Ever since the RISC paper, every new architecture of any remaining significance today has been RISC. Today, it makes more sense than ever[0].The only CISC that remains in large-scale use is x86, which I expect to finally be deprecated during this decade.0. https://itnext.io/risc-vs-cisc-microprocessor-philosophy-in-... load replies (2)
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arcticbull|3 years ago
Event the venerable behemoth x86(_64) has a front-end which translates CISC instructions into RISC-like micro-ops.
The distinction is pretty meaningless today.
snvzz|3 years ago
Ever since the RISC paper, every new architecture of any remaining significance today has been RISC. Today, it makes more sense than ever[0].
The only CISC that remains in large-scale use is x86, which I expect to finally be deprecated during this decade.
0. https://itnext.io/risc-vs-cisc-microprocessor-philosophy-in-...