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Aren't ARM and the majority of micro-controlers RISC?


I think that really depends on perspective. Calling micro-controllers RISC versus CISC sorta misses the point. They are of course reduced from general processors. Does that make them RISC, though?

Easy way to consider it, a GPU would probably not qualify as a RISC processor, but it also probably has fewer overall operations than a CISC processor. (Or, do they qualify nowdays?)

Now, ARM definitely is. It remains to be seen whether they can continue to be dominant once Intel enters the same arenas.




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