Practice - Performance Enhancements
Practice Questions
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What is pipelining in computer systems?
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks can be divided into subtasks.
Name the levels in cache hierarchy.
💡 Hint: Consider memory speed and proximity to CPU.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does pipelining in CPU architecture do?
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks can overlap.
True or False: Cache hierarchy reduces access time to data.
💡 Hint: Consider how caches work with CPU.
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Challenge Problems
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Propose a system design that incorporates both pipelining and branch prediction to improve the efficiency of a computer. Explain how they work together.
💡 Hint: Consider how reducing mispredictions optimizes the overall pipeline performance.
Analyze a scenario where an out-of-order execution processor could face challenges due to data hazards. What measures could be implemented to mitigate these challenges?
💡 Hint: Think about how processors resolve dependencies among data during execution.
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