Architectures Overview

LEGv8 / ARMv8

• LEGv8 is the educational subset of ARMv8
• Power-efficient
• RISC - reduced instruction set computer

x86 (Intel/AMD)

• Higher backward compatibility
• CISC - complex instruction set computer

IBM

• For high-end servers and supercomputers
• Optimized for throughput and parallelism
• RISC - reduced instruction set computer

LEGv8 Instructions

• Green : common
• Yellow : useful