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Term: CISC
Definition:
Instruction Set Computer. A processor design with a instruction set. More complex circuitry needed so more expensive to produce and uses more power. Usually physically larger. Easier to write assembly code as more instructions to choose from.
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Term: RISC
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Instruction Set Computer. A processor design with a instruction set. It is simple, cheaper, lower powered processor. Harder to write assembly code as there are fewer instructions.
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Term: GPU
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Graphics Processing Unit. A specialised processor that performs with Single Instruction Data (SIMD) type processing such as graphics rendering, machine learning, simulations.
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Term: Multicore processor
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A processor with more than one processing in a single processor. Which can process instructions at the same time.
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Term: Parallel processing
Definition:
The use of several co-processors or cores to process a task
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Term: SIMD
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Single Instruction Multiple . A type of parallel processing where one instruction is carried out on multiple pieces of data. E.g rendering graphics often requires only one instruction to change a pixel colour but is applied to many pixels. GPUs specialise in this type of processing.