SuperH is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi and currently produced by Renesas. It is implemented by microcontrollers and microprocessors for embedded systems.
SH-2 on Sega 32X and Sega Saturn
Hitachi SH-3 CPU
Hitachi SH-2 CPU
Hitachi SH-4 CPU
Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set computer (CISC), a RISC computer might require more instructions in order to accomplish a task because the individual instructions are written in simpler code. The goal is to offset the need to process more instructions by increasing the speed of each instruction, in particular by implementing an instruction pipeline, which may be simpler to achieve given simpler instructions.
The Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC processor is a type of RISC microprocessor.
An IBM PowerPC 601 RISC microprocessor
RISC-V prototype chip (2013)