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Computer architecture

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A computer architecture is a family of related CPUs. It can also be a family of related CPU designs, such as RISC and CISC.

Some examples of computer architectures are:

The x86, made by Intel and AMD.
The SPARC, made by Sun Microsystems and others.
The PowerPC, made by Apple, IBM, and Motorola.

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