Clipmarks | antiw's 'cisc' clipshttp://clipmarks.com/clipper/antiw/tag/cisc/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/antiw/tag/cisc/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-usRISC vs. CISChttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0D4ABFCE-B964-437B-94FD-849541233801/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/antiw/">antiw</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://cse.stanford.edu/class/sophomore-college/projects-00/risc/risccisc/index.html" title="http://cse.stanford.edu/class/sophomore-college/projects-00/risc/risccisc/index.html">cse.stanford.edu</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana%2CArial"><FONT size="-1"><B>The Performance Equation</B><BR /> The following equation is commonly used for expressing a computer's performance ability:</FONT></FONT></P><P> </P><CENTER> <FONT size="-1" face="Verdana%2CArial"><FONT size="-1"><IMG border="0" src="http://cse.stanford.edu/class/sophomore-college/projects-00/risc/risccisc/options/performanceeq.gif" /> </FONT></FONT><P> </P></CENTER> <FONT size="-1" face="Verdana%2CArial"><FONT size="-1">The CISC approach attempts to minimize the number of instructions per program, sacrificing the number of cycles per instruction. RISC does the opposite, reducing the cycles per instruction at the cost of the number of instructions per program.</FONT></FONT></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/risc/" rel="tag">risc</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/cisc/" rel="tag">cisc</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/computers/" rel="tag">computers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/os/" rel="tag">os</a></div>http://cse.stanford.edu/class/sophomore-college/projects-00/risc/risccisc/index.htmlTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:53:55 GMT