1.1.2 Types of processors

Question 1

RISC processors

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Answer 1

-Small instruction set, with each instruction being one line of machine code and taking once clock cycle

Question 2

CISC processors

Complex Instruction Set Computer

Answer 2

-Large instruction set aiming to accomplish tasks in as few lines of assembly code as possible.
-Instructions built into hardware
-Used in embedded systems

Question 3

Comparison between RISC and CISC

Answer 3

RISC:
* Compiler does more work to translate high level code into machine cpde
* More RAM required
* Pipelining is possible
CISC:
* Many specialised instructions are made even though only a few are used

Question 4

Multi-core and parallel systems

Answer 4

-Multicore: Multiple independent cores that complete instructions separately resulting in higher performance
-Parallel: Complete multiple intructions with a signle core using threading

Question 5

GPU

Answer 5

Has lots of independent processors which work in parallel- efficient at repetitive tasks such as image processing and machine learning
-Type of co-processor