OCR AS Level Revision: von Neumann, Harvard architecture & Array, CISC and RISC processors

The content can be read off the PPT slides as it is self-explanatory. The included worksheet is easy to print out and use as a plenary activity or for recapping the concepts.

Specification covered: OCR AS Level in Computer Science (H046)

Von Neumann, Harvard and contemporary processor architecture
The differences between and uses of CISC and RISC processors

This resource explains the features and the difference between the von Neumann and Harvard architectures and the differences between and uses of CISC and RISC processors. The resource includes a worksheet that can be printed out and given to students to fill in as a plenary activity.

The resources that were used for creating this PPT and the worksheet are OCR endorsed.
The content can be read off the slides as it is self-explanatory.