4.2 - Control Hazards in Pipelining
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Practice Questions
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What is a control hazard?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when the flow of control changes.
Why do control hazards affect performance?
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of waiting in a pipeline.
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What creates control hazards in pipelined processors?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens at a decision point in processing.
True or False: Control hazards do not affect pipeline performance.
💡 Hint: Think about how waiting impacts execution.
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Evaluate the role and effectiveness of different branch prediction methods in minimizing control hazards and propose a mixed approach.
💡 Hint: Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of each method.
Analyze how modern processors mitigate control hazards through hardware implementations and algorithmic adjustments.
💡 Hint: Consider how hardware advancements have changed branch handling strategies.
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