Practice Instruction Pipelining (7.5.1) - Pipelining and Parallel Processing in Computer Architecture
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Instruction Pipelining

Practice - Instruction Pipelining - 7.5.1

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

List the five stages of instruction pipelining.

💡 Hint: Think about the flow of instruction processing.

Question 2 Easy

What does throughput refer to in the context of pipelining?

💡 Hint: It's about measuring the speed of instruction handling.

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Question 1

What is instruction pipelining?

Processing instructions one at a time
Overlapping stages of instruction execution
Only executed during high clock speeds

💡 Hint: Think about how instructions are handled in parallel.

Question 2

True or False: Pipelining decreases the CPU's throughput.

True
False

💡 Hint: Does it speed up processing or slow it down?

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple pipeline for a CPU with hypothetical instructions, reflecting on potential pipeline hazards and how you would resolve them.

💡 Hint: Identify dependencies between instructions.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the impact of increasing the number of pipeline stages on CPU performance and possible trade-offs.

💡 Hint: Think about how many stages are necessary for optimal performance.

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