The Ultimate RISC: A Zero-Instruction Computer
As we enter the next millenium, wisdom dictates that we review the fundamental concepts of computer design and implementation which brought us to this place. Those concepts include theories of how best to construct computational hardware and the optimal role of program software. One of the first battlegrounds bloodied in the holy war of theoretical design was that of complex instruction set computers (CISC) versus those with a reduced instruction set (RISC). This paper seeks to examine this controversy and to achieve a reductio ad absurdum endpoint to the debate once and for all.