Practice Pipelining - 6.4.3 | 6. Optimization Strategies in Physical Design | CAD for VLSI
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is pipelining?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about breaking down a task.

Question 2

Easy

Name one component used in pipelining.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider storing data in stages.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the primary advantage of pipelining?

  • Reduces area
  • Increases processing speed
  • Simplifies assembly

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how tasks can be done at once.

Question 2

Pipelining always increases power consumption. True or False?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about added components.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Consider a circuit with a long combinational path that requires three registers to implement pipelining. What would you expect the impact on area and power consumption to be, and how could you mitigate negative effects?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about arrangement and design choices.

Question 2

Design a pipelined architecture for a simple arithmetic operation (like addition) using two stages. Describe potential data hazards and solutions.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how data moves between the stages.

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