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RISC vs. CISC

RISC vs. CISC. Dhiraj Parashar Shiva Prasad Behera Vivek Sharma. Overview. Introduction Key arguments Comparisons Post-RISC Current Trends. CISC Evolution. Storage and Memory High cost of memory. Need for compact code. Support for high-level languages

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RISC vs. CISC

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  1. RISC vs. CISC Dhiraj Parashar Shiva Prasad Behera Vivek Sharma CS654

  2. Overview • Introduction • Key arguments • Comparisons • Post-RISC • Current Trends CS654

  3. CISC Evolution • Storage and Memory • High cost of memory. • Need for compact code. • Support for high-level languages • Ease of adding new microinstructions • Marketing Strategy CS654

  4. CISC Effects • Moved complexity from s/w to h/w • Compact code • Ease of compiler design (HLLCA) • Easier to debug • Lengthened design times • Increased design errors CS654

  5. RISC Evolution • Increasingly cheap memory • Improvement in compiler technology Patterson: “Make the common case fast” CS654

  6. RISC Effect • Move complexity from h/w to s/w • Provided a single-chip solution • Better use of chip area • Better Speed • Feasibility of pipelining • Single cycle execution stages • Uniform Instruction Format CS654

  7. Key arguments • RISC argument • for a given technology, RISC implementation will be faster • current VLSI technology enables single-chip RISC • when technology enables single-chip CISC, RISC will be pipelined • when technology enables pipelined CISC, RISC will have caches • CISC argument • CISC flaws not fundamental (fixed with more transistors) • Moore’s Law will narrow the RISC/CISC gap (true) • software costs will dominate (very true) CS654

  8. Role of Compiler:RISC vs. CISC • CISC instruction: MUL <addr1>, <addr2> • RISC instructions: LOAD A, <addr1> LOAD B, <addr2> MUL A, B STORE <addr1> • RISC is dependent on optimizing compilers CS654

  9. Comparisons • The Case for RISC (1980) • Introductory paper advocating RISC • Colwell et al. (1985) • Comparison studies misleading • Envisions use of techniques from both • Clark, Bhandarkar (1990) • MIPS M/2000 vs. VAX 8700 • Unfair comparison (?!) CS654

  10. Post-RISC Architecture • Additional functional units for superscalar • Additional “non-RISC” (but fast) instructions • Increased pipeline depth • Branch prediction • Out of order execution CS654

  11. Current Trends • P6 - x86 instructions decoded into RISC-like instructions (ROps) Intel called this hack CRISC. This concept was so moronic that even Intel could not market it! • IA-64 - dependence on compilers for scheduling • Athlon – both direct execution and micro-programmed instructions CS654

  12. Thanks! CS654

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