Explaining what is meant by a processor's instruction set, and then looking at the key features of the RISC and CISC approaches to processor design. The benefits of each approach are also explained.
Made for OCR A Level Computer Science Paper 1 (H446).
Part of the 1.1.2 Types of processor topic: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL04uZ7242_M4BOJZv7gtm1PQk_nyuzU76
Full Paper 1 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL04uZ7242_M46xMfDhdEi1_DuJJ3qI4wl
0:00 What instruction sets are and the approaches to designing these
2:58 The key characteristics of RISC
4:23 The key characteristics of CISC
5:40 Evaluating RISC and CISC