You may have heard that x86 is RISC on the inside, but what does that mean exactly?

I was just wanting to know if anyone can tell me if the new athlon mp and xp's are risc chips or if they went to cisc. I know the older AMD chips were all RISC, but not sure of the newer ones. When ...

As computing power moves out of traditional data centers and migrates toward the edge, virtualization must move as well, but edge computing poses unique challenges for virtualization. The edge lacks ...

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...

Ten years ago, I waded into the then-raging “Mac vs. PC” wars with a lengthy treatise on “RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era.” In the conclusion to that article, I declared the “RISC vs. CISC” debate ...

Remember how I said that Moore’s Law is “the full-employment act for computer pundits”? In the smaller niche of microprocessor journalism, there used to be another topic that was always good for a ...

Understand RISC, CISC, and pipelining concepts. Compare the features of RISC and CISC architectures. Explain how pipelining improves CPU performance. Apply processor architecture knowledge to ...