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From: bla@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Brad Ahlf)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: When is RISC not RISC?
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Date: 8 Feb 89 19:55:36 GMT
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>> Sigh, RISC doesn't mean a small number of instructions. RISC means..

Instead of RISC, how about RCC:

Reduced Complexity Computers

I have seen this discussed and coined in some of the analyst papers like
Gantner Group's (I think) discussion of current 'RISC' computers.  I like
this term and think it is both easier to grasp and a better expression of
the current successful implementations.