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CISC processor

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CISC processor: see RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution.
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However, the performance improvement of successive CISC processors is leveling off, while RISC performance is continuing to improve, so Apple is bringing this technology to personal computing.
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Reconfigurable processors have had a strong historic advantage in signal processing applications, which they can today perform at up to 100 times faster than ordinary CISC processors.
 
 
 
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