Question

Which of the following processor belongs to hybrid RISC-CISC architecture?

(a) Intel Pentium III

(b) Intel Itanium 64

(c) AMD’s X86-64

(d) All of the mentioned

The question was asked in an online interview.

This interesting question is from Hybrid Architecture -RISC and CISC Convergence, Advantages of RISC, Design Issues of RISC Processors -1 in chapter RISC Architecture of Microprocessor

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) All of the mentioned

For explanation: The processors, Intel Pentium III, Intel Itanium 64 and AMD’s X86-64 consists of hybrid RISC-CISC architecture.