RISC I

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RISC I is an early experimental reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor design developed at UC Berkeley that helped pioneer and popularize the RISC architecture approach.

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RISC I canonical 3
RISC I microprocessor 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf RISC processor design
experimental processor
microprocessor architecture
academicAdvisor David A. Patterson
academicInstitution University of California, Berkeley
architectureFamily RISC
linked to: RISC architecture
basedOn reduced instruction set computing principles
category Berkeley RISC project processors
RISC microprocessors
experimental microprocessors
clockFrequency about 1 MHz
countryOfOrigin United States
demonstrated that simpler instruction sets can yield higher performance
designedFor performance evaluation of RISC concepts
research
developer UC Berkeley Computer Science Division
University of California, Berkeley
dieSize approximately 77 mm^2
fabricationTechnology NMOS
field computer architecture
microprocessor design
impact popularized RISC design in academia and industry
inception 1981
early 1980s
influenced MIPS architecture
linked to: MIPS

RISC II
SPARC architecture
later commercial RISC processors
influencedBy IBM 801
earlier CPU performance studies
instructionEncoding fixed-length
instructionSetType load-store
notableFor helping pioneer RISC architecture approach
large register file
load-store architecture
pipeline-friendly design
simple fixed-length instruction set
numberOfRegisters 32
pipeline simple instruction pipeline
platform VLSI implementation
projectLeader David A. Patterson
publication “The Case for the Reduced Instruction Set Computer”
linked to: RISC architecture
publicationYear 1980
registerWidth 32-bit
researchGroup Berkeley RISC project
successor RISC II
transistorCount approximately 44,000 transistors

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SPARC influencedBy RISC I
Berkeley RISC projects notableWork RISC I microprocessor
linked to: RISC I
RISC II basedOn RISC I