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  • RISC vs. CISC Processors

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    John Mulindi
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    Both reduced instruction set computer (RISC) and complex instruction set computer (CISC) refer to the instruction set of a microcontroller. RISC Processors In an 8-bit RISC microcontroller, data is 8 bits wide but the instruction words are more than 8 bits wide (usually 12, 14, or 16 bits) and the instructions occupy one word in…