Remember how I said that Moore's Law is "the full-employment act for computer pundits"? In the smaller niche of microprocessor journalism, there used to be another topic that was always good for a ...

Ten years ago, I waded into the then-raging “Mac vs. PC” wars with a lengthy treatise on “RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era.” In the conclusion to that article, I declared the “RISC vs. CISC” debate ...

Try to investigate the differences between the x86 and ARM processor families (or x86 and the Apple M1), and you'll see the acronyms CISC and RISC. It's a common way to frame the discussion, but not a ...

Renesas Technology America Inc. has introduced the H8SX/1544F, a 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microcontroller for automotive applications including high-performance instrumental ...

With an eye on the diverse needs of future embedded-system applications, the RX600 Series MCUs forecasts a re-defining of the performance capabilities of complex instruction set computer (CISC) based ...