RISC and CISC

Before discussing the RISC and CISC we need to understand what instruction set. Instruction Set Instruction set is structure of computer that provides command / Instruction to computer to guide computer for data manipulation. Instruction set consists of instructions, addressing mode, Register and interrupts. Instruction set connects the software to hardware. Classification of microcontrollers and microprocessor can be done on the basic of RISC and CISC instruction set architecture. What is RISC ? 1) The industry trend for microprocessor design is for Reduced Instruction Set Computer. 2) When a micro controller has an instruction set that supports fewer addressing modes for the arithmetic and logical instruction and for data transfer instruction the microcontroller is said to be of RISC architecture. Advantages of RISC 1. Performance is better due to simplified instruction set. 2. Can be easily designed. 3. Low cost ...