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> Every instruction is 32 bits long, clogging one's instruction bandwidth.
ARM Cortex-M processors use 16-bit instructions (Thumb and Thumb-2). They've had a while to optimise the instruction set for embedded and SoC.
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> Every instruction is 32 bits long, clogging one's instruction bandwidth.
ARM Cortex-M processors use 16-bit instructions (Thumb and Thumb-2). They've had a while to optimise the instruction set for embedded and SoC.