Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition, 6th Edition

Appendix E

Survey of Instruction Set Architectures

Steven Przybylskic,    A Designer of the Stanford MIPS

RISC: any computer announced after 1985.

• E.1 Introduction
• E.2 A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers E-4
• E.3 The Intel 80x86 E-30
• E.4 The VAX Architecture E-50
• E.5 The IBM 360/370 Architecture for Mainframe Computers E-69
• E.6 Historical Perspective and References E-73

E.1 Introduction

This appendix covers 10 instruction set architectures, some of which remain a vital part of the IT industry and some of which have retired to greener pastures. We keep them all in part to show the changes in fashion of instruction set architecture over time.

We start with eight RISC architectures, using RISC V as our basis for comparison. ...