| has gloss | eng: The Simplified Instructional Computer (also abbreviated SIC) is a hypothetical computer, that is used as a base to explain the operation of a real computer. It was stated that most real microprocessors have a complex instruction set and many subtleties to increase efficiency, that can be a distraction for students that are studying the essential and universal aspects of a microprocessor (that are common to different designs). Hence this hypothetical computer is used to explain all the basic concepts of microprocessor design even though it is impossible to cover every aspect. The architecture of the SIC uses 3 byte integers, 5 registers and can access 215=32768 bytes of memory. |
