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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
Define instruction pipelining in one sentence.
💡 Hint: Think of how tasks can overlap in a factory setting.
Question 2
Easy
What is a structural hazard?
💡 Hint: Consider resources like memory or execution units.
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 primary benefit of instruction pipelining?
- Increased power consumption
- Improved throughput
- Reduced instruction set
- Simplified architecture
💡 Hint: Think about the main goal of overlapping execution stages.
Question 2
True or False: Pipelining eliminates all hazards.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider how hazards may still affect pipeline performance.
Solve 1 more question and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Propose a design for a CPU that maximizes instruction throughput while minimizing hazards. Discuss your design choices.
💡 Hint: Focus on how hazards can be avoided while maintaining throughput.
Question 2
Analyze a series of instruction executions in a pipelined system and identify the hazards. What strategies would you implement to maximize performance?
💡 Hint: Think about how to visualize the instruction sequence and dependencies.
Challenge and get performance evaluation