Practice Penalty of Misprediction - 4.4.3 | 4. Branches and Limits to Pipelining | Computer Architecture
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is branch misprediction?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what can happen if the processor guesses a branch wrongly.

Question 2

Easy

What happens during a pipeline flush?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what occurs after a misprediction.

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Question 1

What is branch misprediction?

  • It is correctly predicting a branch
  • It is when a branch is not predicted at all
  • It is incorrectly predicting the outcome of a branch

πŸ’‘ Hint: Focus on what happens when the CPU makes a wrong guess.

Question 2

Flushing the pipeline is required during a misprediction?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens after wrong instructions are fetched.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Consider a complex algorithm that frequently branches. Discuss how branch mispredictions may affect the overall execution time and efficiency.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Analyze the relationship between frequency of branching and performance.

Question 2

Propose a new strategy for improving branch prediction and reducing misprediction penalties. Explain the underlying logic.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about data analysis trends in branching behavior.

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