Practice Pipeline Hazards (5.6) - Microarchitecture and Its Role in Computer System Design
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Pipeline Hazards

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Question 1 Easy

Define data hazards.

💡 Hint: Think about instruction execution dependencies.

Question 2 Easy

What technique can help mitigate data hazards?

💡 Hint: It involves passing data without writing back.

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Question 1

What type of hazard occurs when an instruction depends on the result of a previous instruction?

Control Hazards
Data Hazards
Structural Hazards

💡 Hint: Think about dependencies.

Question 2

True or False: Control hazards only occur in pipelined processors.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider where branch instructions are used.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Describe how the implementation of a branch predictor could improve the performance of a pipelined processor. Discuss potential limitations.

💡 Hint: Consider the balance between speed and accuracy.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the effectiveness of using both forwarding and stalling in a pipelined architecture. When would each approach be more suitable?

💡 Hint: Analyze performance impacts of each method under various conditions.

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