5.4 - Data Hazards and ILP
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Practice Questions
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What does RAW stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the order of reading and writing.
Name one technique to resolve data hazards.
💡 Hint: Think of how data can be passed quickly.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of hazard occurs when an instruction tries to read data before it is written?
💡 Hint: Recall the sequence of instruction execution.
True or False: Stall cycles are introduced to speed up instruction execution.
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of stalling in the pipeline.
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Challenge Problems
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Given the instruction sequence: I1: Write R1, I2: Read R1, I3: Write R1. Identify hazards and propose solutions.
💡 Hint: Break down the steps and assess dependencies.
Create an example of a WAR hazard and explain how register renaming resolves the conflict.
💡 Hint: Visualize how changing the register helps.
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