Practice - RAW (Read After Write) Hazard - True Dependency
Practice Questions
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What does the acronym RAW stand for in the context of hazards?
💡 Hint: Think about the order of reading and writing instructions.
What is a simple example of a RAW hazard in assembly code?
💡 Hint: Recall instruction sequences where one instruction relies on the result of another.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a RAW hazard?
💡 Hint: Focus on the order of instructions in pipelining.
True or False: Forwarding can fix any RAW hazard.
💡 Hint: Consider scenarios when forwarding might not be sufficient.
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Challenge Problems
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Design and explain a sequence of five assembly instructions that demonstrate at least two distinct RAW hazards. Discuss potential solutions.
💡 Hint: Build the relationships between your instructions carefully for optimal understanding.
Evaluate how stalling impacts overall pipeline efficiency in a processor system with heavy RAW hazards. Provide a calculation for speedup loss.
💡 Hint: Remember the relationship between stalls, cycle count, and speedup calculations.
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