Both CISC and RISC architectures are widely used. See RISC. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Usually, we prefer Complex Instruction Set Computer, CISC for desktops/laptops, and Reduced Instruction Set Computer, RISC for smartphones. The OEMs like Dell and Apple have been using x86 CISC ...

IPS cannot be used to compare different CPU architectures. For example, RISC CPUs require more instructions than CISC to accomplish the same task. In the past, MIPS has been called "MisInformation ...