4.6 - Limits of Pipelining
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Define structural hazards in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about resource availability.
What is a RAW hazard?
💡 Hint: Consider the order of instructions.
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What occurs when a processor has insufficient resources for all active instructions in a pipeline?
💡 Hint: Focus on resource availability.
True or False: A RAW hazard occurs when an instruction reads data before the prior instruction writes it.
💡 Hint: Think about the order of operations.
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Design a multi-cycle execution example that illustrates the impact of all three hazard types (structural, RAW, WAR). Explain the timing and how these hazards can interrupt program execution.
💡 Hint: Think about a sequence of instructions and shared resource usage.
Discuss how strategies like resource duplication and instruction scheduling could mitigate stalls. Provide a detailed strategy for improving pipeline efficiency.
💡 Hint: Consider how rearranging instructions could optimize current resource usage.
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