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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is a structural hazard?
💡 Hint: Think about situations that might block resources.
Question 2
Easy
Give an example of a resource conflict in a processor.
💡 Hint: Consider memory operations.
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 does a structural hazard involve?
- A conflict with software instructions.
- Multiple instructions needing the same hardware resource.
- Time delays in transfers.
💡 Hint: Think about the meaning of 'structural' in CPU design.
Question 2
True or False: Stalling the pipeline improves the throughput.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider how continuous instruction flow should ideally work.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a pipelined architecture that minimizes structural hazards. Discuss the resources and their organization.
💡 Hint: Consider how many resources must be available to allow for overlapping access.
Question 2
Evaluate the impact of pipeline delays on overall processor performance in a given scenario of resource conflict.
💡 Hint: Examine scheduling and conflict scenarios in a pipeline setup.
Challenge and get performance evaluation