Which of the following is False regarding RISC and CISC architectures? a) CISC has variable length instruction formats while RISC has fixed length instructions . b) CISC has a larger number of instructions than RISC. c) CISC has more addressing modes than RISC. d) In RISC, memory access is limited to load and store instructions, while in CISC, other instructions can support memory access e) CISC has a larger number of general purpose registers than RISC.

Which of the following is False regarding RISC and CISC architectures? a) CISC has variable length instruction formats while RISC has fixed length instructions . b) CISC has a larger number of instructions than RISC. c) CISC has more addressing modes than RISC. d) In RISC, memory access is limited to load and store instructions, while in CISC, other instructions can support memory access e) CISC has a larger number of general purpose registers than RISC.

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