Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC) is a type of processor. Identify four features of a RISC processor.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2024). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. 2 One mark per mark point (Max 4)
2. 2 MP1 low number of instruction formats //low number of instruction sets
3. 2 MP2 uses single-clock cycle instructions
4. 2 MP3 uses fixed length instructions
5. 2 MP4 uses many general-purpose registers
6. 2 MP5 works well with pipelining
7. 2 MP6 hard-wired control unit
8. 2 MP7 makes extensive use of RAM
9. 2 MP8 uses a low number of addressing modes
10. 2 MP9 the design emphasis is on the software.