Practice Summary of Key Concepts - 7.12 | 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 are the five stages of pipelining?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the acronym for instruction stages.

Question 2

Easy

Define parallel processing in your own words.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on the simultaneous aspect of execution.

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Question 1

What is the main benefit of pipelining?

  • More efficient memory usage
  • Increased instruction throughput
  • Enhanced security

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember how stages overlap in execution.

Question 2

True or False: Parallel processing uses a single core to execute multiple tasks.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the definition of parallelism.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given a set of instructions with dependencies, determine how many cycles are required for pipelined execution.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how each instruction's dependency affects the next.

Question 2

In a multicore system running a simulation, analyze how the choice between ILP and TLP would impact performance based on the workload nature.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about dependencies between tasks and instructions.

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