Practice - Write-back
Practice Questions
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What happens during the Write-back phase?
💡 Hint: Think about where the results go after execution.
List the stages leading up to the Write-back.
💡 Hint: Remember the sequence of how instructions are processed.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main function of the Write-back stage?
💡 Hint: This step follows instruction execution.
True or False: The Write-back stage is the first step in the instruction cycle.
💡 Hint: Consider the sequence in which stages occur.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a sequence of CPU operations: Fetch, Decode, Execute, and Write-back, analyze the potential impacts of skipping the Write-back step in a multi-step calculation involving arrays.
💡 Hint: Evaluate how these operations depend on one another.
Discuss how optimization of the Write-back process impacts not only a single instruction but also the overall pipeline behavior in modern CPUs.
💡 Hint: Consider pipeline stalls and their relationship to instruction flow.
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