Practice Introduction (7.1) - Pipelining and Parallel Processing in Computer Architecture
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Introduction

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Question 1 Easy

What is pipelining?

💡 Hint: Think about how instructions can be handled in stages.

Question 2 Easy

Define parallel processing.

💡 Hint: Consider how multiple cores can work at once.

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Question 1

What technique allows overlapping execution stages in computer architecture?

Pipelining
Parallel Processing
Multiprocessing

💡 Hint: Remember the flow of instruction stages.

Question 2

Parallel processing improves performance through executing tasks ___?

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the impact on large computations.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze a scenario where pipelining is not implemented. How would that affect CPU performance?

💡 Hint: Reflect on how many instructions are in a CPU and the time taken for sequential processing.

Challenge 2 Hard

Consider tasks executed in parallel processing. If one task is dependent on another, discuss how this might affect efficiency.

💡 Hint: Think about how tasks rely on data from one another.

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