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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a branch instruction?
💡 Hint: Think of examples like if statements or loops.
Question 2
Easy
What happens during a control hazard?
💡 Hint: How does this affect processing efficiency?
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 is the main problem caused by branch instructions in pipelined architectures?
- Increased memory usage
- Control hazards
- Higher clock speed
💡 Hint: Think about how the next instruction depends on the branch.
Question 2
True or False: Control hazards can lead to pipeline stalls.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: What happens when the outcome of a branch is not immediately available?
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Describe how multiple branches can compound control hazards in a complex instruction sequence. What could be a potential architectural improvement to mitigate this?
💡 Hint: Think about how processors learn from past decisions to handle future predictions.
Question 2
Consider a deep pipeline with many stages. How would you analyze the performance impact of a 10-cycle delay due to a control hazard? What solutions would you propose?
💡 Hint: Consider techniques that allow predictive fetching to reduce idle time in the pipeline.
Challenge and get performance evaluation