Practice - Processor Design Techniques
Practice Questions
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What is a single-cycle processor design?
💡 Hint: Think about the time taken for different instructions.
Define pipelining in CPU design.
💡 Hint: Consider how tasks are managed in a factory.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary advantage of pipelining?
💡 Hint: Think about how instructions can overlap.
True or False: A single-cycle design executes each instruction within multiple clock cycles.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of single-cycle designs.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how a pipeline hazard could potentially slow down the execution of instructions. What strategies can mitigate these hazards?
💡 Hint: Consider dependency between instructions.
Analyze a situation wherein a single-cycle architecture may outperform a multi-cycle architecture. Provide reasoning.
💡 Hint: Think about instruction complexity.
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