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An '''[[instruction set architecture]]''' ('''ISA''') is an abstract model of a [[computer]], also referred to as '''computer architecture'''. A realization of an ISA is called an ''implementation''. An ISA permits multiple implementations that may vary in [[Computer performance|performance]], physical size, and monetary cost (among other things); because the ISA serves as the [[Interface (computing)|interface]] between [[software]] and [[Computer hardware|hardware]]., Softwaresoftware that has been written or compiled for an ISA can run on different implementations of the same ISA. This has enabled [[binary compatibility]] between different generations of computers to be easily achieved, and the development of computer families. Both of these developments have helped to lower the cost of computers and to increase their applicability. For these reasons, the ISA is one of the most important abstractions in [[computing]] today.
 
An ISA defines everything a [[machine language]] [[programmer]] needs to know in order to program a computer. What an ISA defines differs between ISAs; in general, ISAs define the supported [[data type]]s, what state there is (such as the [[main memory]] and [[Processor register|register]]s) and their semantics (such as the [[memory consistency]] and [[addressing mode]]s), the ''instruction set'' (the set of [[machine instruction]]s that comprises a computer's machine language), and the [[input/output]] model.
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=== Bits ===
[[Computer architecture]]s are often described as ''n''-[[bit]] architectures. In the first {{frac|3|4}} of the 20th century, ''n'' is often [[12-bit computing|12]], [[18-bit computing|18]], [[24-bit computing|24]], 30, [[36-bit computing|36]], [[48-bit computing|48]] or [[60-bit computing|60]]. In the last {{frac|1|3}} of the 20th century, ''n'' is often 8, 16, or 32, and in the 21st century, ''n'' is often 16, 32 or 64, but other sizes have been used (including 6, [[Elliott 803|39]], [[128-bit computing|128]]). This is actually a simplification as computer architecture often has a few more or less "natural" data sizes in the [[instruction set]], but the hardware implementation of these may be very different. Many instruction set architectures have instructions that, on some implementations of that instruction set architecture, operate on half and/or twice the size of the processor's major internal datapaths. Examples of this are the [[Z80]], [[MC68000]], and the [[IBM System/360]]. On these types of implementations, a twice as wide operation typically also takes around twice as many clock cycles (which is not the case on high performance implementations). On the 68000, for instance, this means 8 instead of 4 clock ticks, and this particular chip may be described as a [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] architecture with a [[16-bit computing|16-bit]] implementation. The IBM System/360 instruction set architecture is 32-bit, but several models of the System/360 series, such as the [[IBM System/360 Model 30]], have smaller internal data paths, while others, such as the [[360/195]], have larger internal data paths. The external databus width is not used to determine the width of the architecture; the [[NS320xx|NS32008, NS32016 and NS32032]] were basically the same 32-bit chip with different external data buses;. theIBM's NS32764[[PowerPC_600#PowerPC_604|PowerPC had604]] has a [[64-bit computing|64-bit]] bus, andbut usedonly 32-bit registerregisters. Early 32-bit microprocessors often had a 24-bit address, as did the System/360 processors. Initial versions of [[SuperH]] had a fixed-length 16-bit instructions in spite of having a 32-bit architecture, while later versions were 32-bit.
 
=== Digits ===
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=== Opcodes ===
{{main|Opcode}}
 
In some architectures, an instruction has a single opcode. In others, some instructions have an opcode and one or more modifiers. E.g., on the [[IBM System/370]], byte 0 is the opcode but when byte 0 is a {{base|B2|16}} then byte 1 selects a specific instruction, e.g., {{base|B205|16}} is store clock (STCK). On some instruction set architectures, one or more [[opcode prefix]]es are used to alter the subsequent opcode or expand the number of opcodes.
 
=== Operands ===
 
==== Addressing modes ====
{{main|addressingAddressing mode}}
 
Architectures typically allow instructions to include some combination of operand [[addressing mode]]s:
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:The instruction specifies the ___location of a pointer word that describes the operand, possibly involving multiple levels of indexing and indirection
;Truncated
:The instruction specifies the low order bits and a register provides the high order bits.
;Base-displacement
:The instruction specifies a displacement from an address in a register
;autoincrement/autodecrement
:A register used for indexing, or a pointer word used by indirect addressing, is incremented or decremented by 1, an operand size or an explicit delta
Vector processors have offered [[Vector_processor#Vector_processor_features|additional modes]] unique to element-based operations.
 
==== Number of operands ====
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* In the "Type" column, "Register–Register" is a synonym for a common type of architecture, "[[load–store architecture|load–store]]", meaning that no instruction can directly access memory except some special ones, i.e. load to or store from register(s), with the possible exceptions of memory locking instructions for atomic operations.
* In the "Endianness" column, "Bi" means that the endianness is configurable.
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{| class="wikitable sticky-header sortable sort-under mw-datatable" border="1" style="font-size:85%;"
! {{verth|Architecture}}
! Archi-<br />tecture
! Bits
! Version
! {{verth|Introduced}}
! Intro-<br />duced
! Max #<br />[[operand]]s
! Type
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! Instruction encoding
! [[Branch (computer science)|Branch]] evaluation
! {{verth|[[Endianness|Endian-<br />ness]]}}
! Extensions
! [[Open-source hardware|Open]]
! Open
! Royalty<br />free
 
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| [[Complex instruction set computer|CISC]]
| 3
| Variable <br/><small>(8- to 24-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Little
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| CISC
| 3
| Variable <br/><small>(8- to 24-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Big
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| Register–Memory
| CISC
| 54
| Variable <br/><small>(8- to 32-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Big
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| CISC
| 7
| Variable <br/><small>(8 to 24&nbsp;bits)</small>
| Condition register
| Little
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|-
| [[8051]]
| 32&nbsp;<br/><small>(8→32)</small>
|
| 1977?
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| CISC
| {{ubl|32 in 4-bit|16 in 8-bit|8 in 16-bit|4 in 32-bit}}
| Variable <br/><small>(8 to 24&nbsp;bits)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Little
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| v4 (x86-64)
| 1978
| 2 (integer)<br />3 ([[Advanced Vector Extensions|AVX]]){{efn|The LEA (all processors) and IMUL-immediate (80186 & later) instructions accept three operands; most other instructions of the base integer ISA accept no more than two operands.}}<br />4 ([[FMA instruction set|FMA4]] and <code>VPBLENDVPx</code>)<br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/43479.pdf|title=AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 6: 128-Bit and 256-Bit XOP and FMA4 Instructions|date=November 2009|publisher=[[AMD]]}}</ref><br />
| Register–Memory
| CISC
| {{ubl|8 (+ 4 or 6 segment reg.) <br/><small>(16/32-bit)</small>| 16 (+ 2 segment reg. gs/cs) <br/><small>(64-bit)</small>| 32 with AVX-512 and Advance Performance eXtension (apx)}}<!-- general-purpose registers; floating-point stack and SSE registers not counted -->
| Variable<!-- 1 to 5 bytes --> <br/><small>(8086 ~ 80386: variable between 1 and 6 bytes /w MMU + intel SDK, 80486: 2 to 5 bytes with prefix, pentium and onward: 2 to 4 bytes with prefix, x64: 4 bytes prefix, third party x86 emulation: 1 to 15 bytes w/o prefix & MMU . SSE/MMX: 4 bytes /w prefix AVX: 8 Bytes /w prefix)</small>
| Condition code
| Little
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| [[Reduced instruction set computer|RISC]]
| 32 (including "zero")<!-- 31 64-bit GPRs, 31 64-bit FPRs, one of both is hardwired zero -->
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Bi
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| [[ARC (processor)|ARC]]
| 16/32/64 (32→64)
| ARCv3<br/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.synopsys.com/2020-04-07-Synopsys-Introduces-New-64-bit-ARC-Processor-IP-Delivering-Up-to-3x-Performance-Increase-for-High-End-Embedded-Applications|title = Synopsys Introduces New 64-bit ARC Processor IP Delivering up to 3x Performance Increase for High-End Embedded Applications}}</ref>
| 1996
| 3
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| RISC
| 16 or 32 including SP <br /> user can increase to 60
| Variable <br/><small>(16- or 32-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Bi
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| RISC
| {{ubl|15}}
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition code
| Bi
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| RISC
| {{ubl|7 with 16-bit Thumb instructions|15 with 32-bit Thumb-2 instructions}}
| Thumb: Fixed <br/><small>(16-bit)</small>, Thumb-2:<br />Variable <br/><small>(16- or 32-bit)</small>
| Condition code
| Bi
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| [[ARM architecture#64/32-bit architecture|Arm64/A64]]
| 64
| v8.9-A/v9.4-A,<br/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arm A-Profile Architecture Developments 2022 - Architectures and Processors blog - Arm Community blogs - Arm Community |url=https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/architectures-and-processors-blog/posts/arm-a-profile-architecture-2022 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=community.arm.com |date=29 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Armv8-R<br/><ref>{{cite news |last=Frumusanu |first=Andrei |date=September 3, 2020 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16056/arm-announces-cortexr82-first-64bit-real-time-processor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903134024/https://www.anandtech.com/show/16056/arm-announces-cortexr82-first-64bit-real-time-processor |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |title=ARM Announced Cortex-R82: First 64-bit Real Time Processor |website=[[AnandTech]]}}</ref>
| 2011<br/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.computerworld.com/article/1536136/arm-goes-64-bit-with-new-armv8-chip-architecture.html |title= ARM goes 64-bit with new ARMv8 chip architecture |website=[[Computerworld]] |date= 27 October 2011 |access-date= 8 May 2024}}</ref>
| 3
| Register–Register
| RISC
| 32 (including the stack pointer/"zero" register)
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>, Variable <br/><small>(32-bit or 64-bit for [[Fujitsu A64FX#Design|FMA4]] with 32-bit prefix<ref name="FujitsuHotChips">{{cite web |title=Hot Chips 30 conference; Fujitsu briefing |url=http://www.hotchips.org/hc30/2conf/2.13_Fujitsu_HC30.Fujitsu.Yoshida.rev1.2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205202434/https://hotchips.org/hc30/2conf/2.13_Fujitsu_HC30.Fujitsu.Yoshida.rev1.2.pdf |archive-date=2020-12-05 |url-status=dead |author=Toshio Yoshida |publisher=Fujitsu}}</ref><!-- See slide 9 and 10: "For SVE, four-operand “FMA4” requires a prefix instruction (MOVPRFX) followed by destructive 3-operand FMA3" -->)</small>
| Condition code
| Bi
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| RISC
| 15 <!-- Up to 15× general-purpose 32-bit registers -->
| Variable<br/><ref>{{cite web | url= https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/doc32000.pdf | title= AVR32 Architecture Document | publisher= [[Atmel]] | access-date= 2024-05-08}}</ref>
|
| Big <!-- have special endian-translating load and store instructions -->
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| 2000
|3<br/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.analog.com/media/en/dsp-documentation/processor-manuals/blackfin_pgr_rev2.2.pdf|title=Blackfin manual|website=analog.com}}</ref>
| Register–Register
| RISC<br/><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.analog.com/en/lp/001/blackfin-architecture.html | title= Blackfin Processor Architecture Overview | publisher= [[Analog Devices]] | access-date= 2024-05-08}}</ref>
| 2 accumulators
8 data registers
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| Variable (<small>16- or 32-bit</small>)
| Condition code
| Little<br/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.analog.com/FAQs/FAQDisplay.html?DSPKBContentID=752A11D1-9E11-4A7F-91AC-CA3C264C5667 | title= Blackfin memory architecture | publisher= [[Analog Devices]] | access-date= 2009-12-18 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110616182409/http://www.analog.com/FAQs/FAQDisplay.html?DSPKBContentID=752A11D1-9E11-4A7F-91AC-CA3C264C5667 | archive-date= 2011-06-16 | url-status= dead }}</ref>
|
|
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| CISC
| 48-bit A reg., 48-bit Q reg., 6 15-bit B registers, miscellaneous
| Variable <br/><small>(24- or 48-bit)</small>
| Multiple types of jump and skip
| Big
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| 3
| Register–Register
| {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|partly RISC: load/store architecture and simple addressing modes, partly CISC: three instruction lengths and no single instruction timing}}
| 24 (8 18-bit address reg.,<br />8 18-bit index reg.,<br />8 60-bit operand reg.)
| Variable <br/><small>(15-, 30-, or 60-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|Since memory is an array of 60-bit words with no means to access sub-units, big endian vs. little endian makes no sense. The optional CMU unit uses big-endian semantics.}}
| Compare/Move Unit
| {{No}}
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| CISC
| 1 18-bit A register, locations 1–63 serve as index registers for some instructions
| Variable <br/><small>(12- or 24-bit)</small>
| Test A register, test channel
| {{n/a|N/A}}{{efn|Since memory is an array of 12-bit words with no means to access sub-units, big endian vs. little endian makes no sense.}}
| additional Peripheral Processing Units
| {{No}}
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| 1
| Register–Register
| [[Very long instruction word|VLIW]]<br/><ref name="crusoe-arch" /><ref name="technology-behind-crusoe">{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~lboloni/Teaching/EEL5708_2004/slides/paper_aklaiber_19jan00.pdf |title=The Technology Behind Crusoe Processors |author=Alexander Klaiber |publisher=Transmeta Corporation |date=January 2000 |access-date=December 6, 2013}}</ref>
| {{ubl|1 in native push stack mode|6 in x86 emulation +<br />8 in x87/MMX mode +<br />50 in rename status|12 integer + 48 shadow +<br />4 debug in native VLIW|mode<ref name="crusoe-arch" /><ref name="technology-behind-crusoe" />}}
| Variable <br/><small>(64- or 128-bit in native mode, 15 bytes in x86 emulation)</small><ref name="technology-behind-crusoe" />
| Condition code<ref name="crusoe-arch" />
| Little
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| 1990
| 3
| Register–Register
| {{dunno}}
| RISC
| 32
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| {{dunno}}
| Big
| {{dunno}}
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| [[Explicitly parallel instruction computing|EPIC]]
| 128 <!-- 128× 64-bit general purpose registers, 128× 80-bit floating-point registers, 64× 1-bit predicate registers -->
| Fixed <br/><small>(128-bit bundles with 5-bit template tag and 3 instructions, each 41-bit long)</small>
| Condition register
| Bi<br /><small>(selectable)</small>
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| RISC
| 16 <!-- 16× 32-bit registers -->
| Variable <br/><small>(16- or 32-bit)</small>
|Condition register
| Bi
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| RISC
| 32
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Big
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| Register–Register
| RISC
| 32<br/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32architecture.cfm | title= LatticeMico32 Architecture | publisher= [[Lattice Semiconductor]] |url-status =dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100623021729/http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32architecture.cfm |archive-date = 23 June 2010}}</ref>
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Big
| User-defined instructions
| {{Yes}}<br/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32opensourcelicensing.cfm | title= LatticeMico32 Open Source Licensing | publisher= [[Lattice Semiconductor]] |url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620185845/http://www.latticesemi.com/products/intellectualproperty/ipcores/mico32/mico32opensourcelicensing.cfm|archive-date = 20 June 2010}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]]
| 64 <br/><small>(32→64)</small>
| 6<br/><ref>[https://www.mips.com/products/architectures/mips64/ MIPS64 Architecture for Programmers: Release 6]</ref><br/><ref>[https://www.mips.com/products/architectures/mips32-2/ MIPS32 Architecture for Programmers: Release 6]</ref>
| 1981
| 1–3
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| RISC
| 4–32 (including "zero")<!-- 15× 32-bit GPRs (R0=0), 16× 32-bit FP regs (paired DP). MIPS64 has 31× 64-bit GPRs. R0=0 sometimes counted as 32nd GPR, but isn't. Some customized chip may have much fewer register in order to fixed the custom instruction set for specific use, ex: Emotion engine -->
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Bi
| [[MDMX]], [[MIPS-3D]]
| {{No}}
| {{No}}<br/><ref>[https://www.mipsopen.com/ MIPS Open]</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackster.io/news/wave-computing-closes-its-mips-open-initiative-with-immediate-effect-zero-warning-e88b0df9acd0|title = Wave Computing Closes Its MIPS Open Initiative with Immediate Effect, Zero Warning}}</ref>
|-
| [[MMIX]]
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| RISC
| 256 <!-- 256× 64-bit general-purpose registers and 32× 64-bit special-purpose registers -->
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition register
| Big
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| CISC
| 4
| Fixed <br/><small>(16-bit)</small>
| Skip
| None
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| [[OpenRISC]]
| 32, 64
| 1.4<br/><ref>[https://openrisc.io/architecture OpenRISC Architecture Revisions]</ref> <!-- 2022-02-20 -->
| 2000
| 3
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|-
| [[PA-RISC]]<br />(HP/PA)
| 64 <br/><small>(32→64)</small>
| 2.0 <!-- 1996 -->
| 1986
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| RISC
| 32
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Big → Bi <!-- 1.0 is big-endian, 1.1 and 2.0 are bi-endian -->
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|
|-
|[[PDP-5]]<br/><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp5/F-55_PDP5Handbook_Feb64.pdf|title=PDP-5 Handbook|date=February 1964|publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]]}}</ref><br> [[PDP-8]]<br/><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp8/pdp8/F-85_PDP-8_Users_Handbook_May66.pdf|title=PDP-8 Users Handbook|date=May 1966|publisher=[[Digital Equipment Corporation]]}}</ref>
| 12
|
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| 1 accumulator
1 multiplier quotient register
| Fixed <br/><small>(12-bit)</small>
| Condition register
Test and branch
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| CISC
| 8 (includes program counter and stack pointer, though any register can act as stack pointer)
| Variable <br/><small>(16-, 32-, or 48-bit)</small>
| Condition code
| Little
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|-
| [[IBM POWER instruction set architecture|POWER]], [[PowerPC]], [[Power ISA]]
| 32/64&nbsp;<br/><small>(32→64)</small>
| 3.1<ref name="POWER">{{cite web |title=Power ISA Version 3.1 |publisher=openpowerfoundation.org |date=2020-05-01 |url=https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/hhjfw0x0lrbtyzmiaffnbxh2fuo0fog0 |access-date=2021-10-20}}</ref>
| 1990
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| RISC
| 32 GPR, 8 4-bit Condition Fields, Link Register, Counter Register
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>, Variable <br/><small>(32- or 64-bit with the 32-bit prefix<ref name="POWER" />)</small>
| Condition code, Branch-Counter auto-decrement
| Bi
| [[AltiVec]], APU, [[AltiVec#VSX|VSX]], [[Cell (microprocessor)|Cell]], Floating-point, Matrix Multiply Assist
| Licensed by [[OpenPOWER_Foundation|OPF]] <!-- Commercial use requires Licensing. exemptions for GPGAs. see EULA-->
| {{Yes}}
| Only if Licensed<ref>[https://openpowerfoundation.org/final-draft-of-the-power-isa-eula-released/ Final draft of Power ISA EULA]</ref>
| {{Yes}}
|-
| [[RISC-V]]
| 32, 64, 128
| 20191213<br/><ref>{{cite web |title=RISC-V ISA Specifications |url=https://riscv.org/specifications/ |access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref> <!-- Published: June 8, 2019 -->
| 2010
| 3
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|-
| [[SPARC]]
| 64 <br/><small>(32→64)</small>
| OSA2017<br/><ref>[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/sun-sparc-enterprise/documentation/sparc-processor-2516655.html Oracle SPARC Processor Documentation]</ref>
| 1985
| 3
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| RISC
| 32 (including "zero")<!-- 8 globals but %g0 always zero; at least 3 register windows of 16, not counting overlap -->
| Fixed <br/><small>(32-bit)</small>
| Condition code
| Big → Bi <!-- Historically big-endian, V9 is bi-endian -->
| [[Visual Instruction Set|VIS]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}<br/><ref>[http://sparc.org/technical-documents/#ArchLic SPARC Architecture License]</ref>
|-
| [[SuperH]] (SH)
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| RISC
| 16
| Fixed <br/><small>(16- or 32-bit)</small>, Variable
| Condition code<br />(single bit)
| Bi
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| [[IBM System/360 architecture|System/360]]<br />[[System/370]]<br />[[System/390]]<br />[[z/Architecture]]
| 64 <br/><small>(32→64)</small>
|
| 1964
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| CISC
| 16 general<br />16 control (S/370 and later)<br />16 access (ESA/370 and later)<br>32 vector registers (z13 and later)<!-- 16× 64/32-bit general purpose registers, 16× 64-bit floating point registers, 16× 32-bit access registers, 16× 64/32-bit control registers, 16× 512-bit vector registers (3090 and ES/9000 only) , 32/128-bit vector registers (z13 and later) -->
| Variable <br/><small>(16-, 32-, or 48-bit)</small>
| Condition code, compare and branch {{bracket|auto increment}}, Branch-Counter auto-decrement
| Big
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| VLIW
| 32 on C67x <br/> 64 on C67x+
| Fixed <br/><small>(256-bit bundles with 8 instructions, each 32-bit long)</small>
| Condition register
| Bi
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| [[Transputer]]
| 32 <br/><small>(4→64)</small>
|
| 1987
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| [[Minimal instruction set computer|MISC]]
| 3 (as stack)
| Fixed <br/><small>(8-bit)</small>
| Compare and branch
| Little
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| CISC
| 17
| Variable <br/><small>(8 to 32&nbsp;bits)</small>
| Condition register
| Little
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|
|-
! Archi-<br />tecture
! Bits
! Version
! Intro-<br />duced
! Max #<br />[[operand]]s
! Type
! Design <!-- Design Strategy/Philosophy -->
! [[Processor register|Registers]]<br />(excluding FP/vector)
! Instruction encoding
! [[Branch (computer science)|Branch]] evaluation
! [[Endianness|Endian-<br />ness]]
! Extensions
! Open
! Royalty<br />free
|}