This book describes and compares the architectures and characteristics of today's advanced PC and workstation microprocessors: Intel's 80386, Motorola's 68030, DEC's MIPS chip, etc. It features the latest "RISC" (Reduces Instruction Set Computer) chips - Intel's recently announced i860 and Motorola's 88000 - and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of these chips compared to the older "CISC" (Complex Instruction Set) designs. It is the first book to provide information on IBM's new RISC chip and Intel's i860.
- ISBN10 0070166390
- ISBN13 9780070166394
- Publish Date 1 May 1990 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 January 1998
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Format Paperback
- Pages 462
- Language English