Discuss the relative merits of CISC and RISC architectures when a chip manufacturer is planning a new processor. I have researched this qustion many times but can't seem to find it, Help. Thanks guys :-)?

RISC - fewer instructions, CPU optimised to execute instructions left in as few clock cycles as possible. Uses less power, simpler to manufacture. Missing instructions are executed in firmware (or exceptionally in software). This means that the CPU has to run faster than a CISC chip to get the same level of performance (or hopefully better).

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