Practice Pipelining (advanced View) (8.2) - Introduction to Parallel Processing
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Pipelining (Advanced View)

Practice - Pipelining (Advanced View)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main advantage of pipelining?

💡 Hint: Think about the assembly line analogy.

Question 2 Easy

Name the five stages of a pipelined instruction.

💡 Hint: Remember the acronym IFID-EM-WB.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is pipelining?

A method for storing data
A process to execute instructions overlappingly
A technique to cool CPUs

💡 Hint: Think about the factory assembly line.

Question 2

True or False: Pipelining always guarantees increased performance.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the different types of hazards.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple pipeline with 4 stages and explain the possible hazards that could arise during execution.

💡 Hint: Consider each stage and what resources and dependencies might exist.

Challenge 2 Hard

Compare the throughput of a basic pipeline processor with a superscalar processor. What are the key performance differences?

💡 Hint: Outline the advantages and challenges of each architecture.

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