What type of computer architecture did John L. Hennessy help develop?
CISC
RISC
VLIW
SIMD
Answer
John L. Hennessy, along with David Patterson, developed the reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture. RISC is a type of computer architecture that uses a small set of simple instructions to perform complex tasks more efficiently. This architecture is now used in 99% of new computer chips.
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