Which of the below option is correct?

2017

Which of the below option is correct?

  1. A.

    RISC architecture is LOAD-STORE architecture.

  2. B.

    RISC architecture is more compiler intensive while CISC architecture is compiler friendly.

  3. C.

    RISC processors have reduced number of instruction classes while CISC architecture have huge number of instruction classes.

  4. D.

    All of the above

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Correct answer: D

RISC is generally a load-store architecture, depends more on compiler optimization, and has a reduced set of instruction classes compared with CISC. Therefore all the listed statements are correct.

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