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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a branch misprediction?
💡 Hint: Think about the flow of control in a program.
Question 2
Easy
What happens during a pipeline flush?
💡 Hint: Consider what the processor must do when it realizes a mistake.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What commonly occurs after a branch misprediction?
- Pipeline Freeze
- Pipeline Flush
- Pipeline Fill
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to wrong instructions in the pipeline.
Question 2
True or False: Branch mispredictions have minimal impact on processor performance.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider how mispredictions affect the execution flow.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Draw a diagram of a pipelined processor with indications for where mispredictions might occur and what a pipeline flush would look like.
💡 Hint: Focus on how instructions move through various stages and where they might go awry.
Question 2
Describe a practical application where branch prediction techniques can be applied to improve performance. What specific strategies would be employed?
💡 Hint: Think of areas in computing where many branches may occur in a decision-making process.
Challenge and get performance evaluation