Question

The RISC architecture is preferred to CISC because RISC architecture has

(a) simplicity

(b) efficiency

(c) high speed

(d) all of the mentioned

The question was asked in semester exam.

The origin of the question is Hybrid Architecture -RISC and CISC Convergence, Advantages of RISC, Design Issues of RISC Processors -1 in portion RISC Architecture of Microprocessor

Answer 1

The correct option is (d) all of the mentioned

To explain: The RISC architecture is preferred to CISC because RISC architecture is simple, highly efficient and the processors using RISC architecture have high speed.