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Compare RISC and CISC architectures with any four points.
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| Sr No. | CISC | RISC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emphasis on hardware | Emphasis on software |
| 2 | multiple instruction sizes and formats | instructions of same set with few formats |
| 3 | less registers | uses more registers |
| 4 | more addressing modes | fewer addressing modes |
| 5 | extensive use of microprogramming | complexity in compiler |
| 6 | instructions take a varying amount of cycle time | instructions take one cycle time |
| 7 | pipelining is difficult | pipelining is easy |
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