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RISC processor architecture

The DLX is a RISC processor architecture designed by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, the principal designers of the Stanford MIPS and the Berkeley RISC designs (respectively), the two benchmark examples of RISC design. Wikipedia →

đź§­ Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: DLXA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: DLX genes and proteins in mammalian forebrain developmentInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: DLX BXThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Interneuron Migration from Basal Forebrain to Neocortex: Dependence on Dlx GenesCited 1,304 times
  5. Go sideways: Classic RISC pipelineA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Instruction set architectureA closely related topic

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Symbol Symbol for decilux, an SI unit of illumination equal to 10 lux.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Instruction decoding
  3. Pipeline

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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