How does cid make power?

There’s a couple episodes of Engine Masters that discuss this very well.

But my understanding, engines are air pumps, of course there’s a lot of factors. But the more air you cram in, the more power. There’s ways to achieve this, by volume which is lots of C.I. And then there’s speed with smaller engines, the more you can take in and dump out quickly. That’s why “typically” smaller displacement engines make power at higher rpm, and need more rpm, and bigger engines “typically” operate at lower rpm, and tend to make more torque.