Practice - Role of Microarchitecture in Performance
Practice Questions
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What does CPI stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about how many cycles an instruction takes.
What is microarchitecture?
💡 Hint: Focus on how processors execute instructions.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does CPI measure?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship of Cycles to Instruction completion.
True or False: Higher IPC is generally better for CPU performance.
💡 Hint: Consider what IPC stands for and its effect on instruction completion.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a theoretical CPU microarchitecture that could reduce high CPI while maintaining or increasing IPC.
💡 Hint: Think about how you can minimize waiting times between instructions.
Create a comparative analysis of two microarchitectures: one focusing on low power consumption, and the other on high performance. What trade-offs must be considered?
💡 Hint: What are the advantages and disadvantages of each design?
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