What Does RISC and CISC Mean in 2020

What Does RISC and CISC Mean in 2020?
Many today say the difference between RISC and CISC has become irrelevant. Is that true? And if not what exactly is the difference between modern RISC and CISC CPUs?
Erik Engheim
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25 min read·
Jul 27, 2020
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Apple has now released the M1 Apple Silicon chips, and after all the fuss you may be wonder what makes it different from an…
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Written by Erik Engheim
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Geek dad, living in Oslo, Norway with passion for UX, Julia programming, science, teaching, reading and writing.
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