A minimal CISC
@article{Jones1988AMC,
title={A minimal CISC},
author={Douglas W. Jones},
journal={SIGARCH Comput. Archit. News},
year={1988},
volume={16},
pages={56-63}
}The minimal CISC architecture presented here is an extremely simple zero-address architecture suitable for microprogrammed implementation. It is sufficiently simple to be introduced in one lecture, with time left over for discussion of implementation or enhancement options.
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