1.1 Benefits of RISC Design
Shorter Design Cycle
The architectures of RISC processors can be implemented more quickly than their CISC counterparts: it is easier to fabricate and debug a streamlined, simplified architecture with no microcode than a complex architecture that uses microcode. CISC processors have such a long design cycle that they may not be completely debugged by the time they are technologically obsolete. The shorter time required to design and implement RISC processors allows them to make use of the best available technologies.
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