Practice Structural Hazards - 7.4.1 | 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

What is a structural hazard?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about instruction execution and resource availability.

Question 2

Easy

Give an example of structural hazards.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens in a pipeline.

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Question 1

What causes structural hazards?

  • Data overflow
  • Insufficient hardware resources
  • Branch prediction

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what resources are required during execution.

Question 2

True or False: Structural hazards can be completely eliminated.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the complexity of hardware design.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Explain the impact of structural hazards on the execution time in pipelined processors. Provide examples from real-world applications.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the critical nature of execution time in competitive scenarios.

Question 2

Design a pipeline architecture that minimizes structural hazards. Discuss the advantages and potential trade-offs.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on balancing resource availability with system complexity.

Challenge and get performance evaluation