Practice Instruction Pipelining - 7.5.1 | 7. Pipelining and Parallel Processing in Computer Architecture | Computer and Processor Architecture
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

List the five stages of instruction pipelining.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the flow of instruction processing.

Question 2

Easy

What does throughput refer to in the context of pipelining?

πŸ’‘ 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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how instructions are handled in parallel.

Question 2

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

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Does it speed up processing or slow it down?

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Identify dependencies between instructions.

Question 2

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

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how many stages are necessary for optimal performance.

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