Minimal Instruction Set Computers

References

Here are some references for the PTMSC talk "Minimal Instruction Set Computers".
  • Overhead slides (postscript format)
  • Paper on "The Ultimate Risc"
  • Site with a lot of information about the MISC computer that runs Forth

    Tutorial Question

    In the last paragraph of the Introduction section of "The Ultimate Risc" (http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/arch/risc.html) , the author mentions that the design can be made more convenient by implementing conditional branches with the addition of an additional flip-flop (carefully read the entire paper since it explains how it can be easily done). Explain how the modification could be made, redrawing any affected block and timing diagrams.