We can look at its internal block diagram and get how it works, see the registers and ALU, follow the principles of a von Neumann architecture, and understand that it has an instruction set with ...

MAXQ[5][6] from Dallas Semiconductor, the only commercially available microcontroller built upon transport triggered architecture, is an OISC or “one instruction set computer”.

Intel proposes the x86-S architecture for a simpler, more efficient CPU instruction set It's finally the end of the x86-compatible PC as we know it. By Alfonso Maruccia May 22, 2023, 7:37 16 comments ...