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• n  (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform

• reduced instruction set computing
• RISC

• complex_instruction_set_computing
• complex_instruction_set_computer
• CISC

News & Articles

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• Oracle, IBM to unwrap new Unix server processors at conference
  Demand for mainframe and high-performance Unix servers is falling, but a new wave of SPARC and IBM Power chips for the servers will be unwrapped at the Hot Chips conference in late August. IBM, Oracle and Fujitsu—the main suppliers of Unix server chips—will talk about their next-generation RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) chips at the conference, which will be held Stanford University ...
  June 19, 2013 - PC World