Practice Performance of Pipelining - 3.7 | 3. Pipelining | Computer Architecture
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is throughput in the context of pipelining?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how often instructions are completed.

Question 2

Easy

How is latency defined?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the journey of one instruction.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the primary benefit of pipelining?

  • Increased power consumption
  • Increased throughput
  • Decreased latency

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the efficiency of processing multiple instructions.

Question 2

Latency refers to the total time for an instruction to pass through the pipeline.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how long one instruction takes to process.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Consider a system where latency increases due to stages in a pipeline. Propose a scenario when higher latency might not severely impact performance.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about operations that don't depend on each other.

Question 2

Evaluate a situation where pipelining may lead to diminishing returns on speedup. Discuss what factors cause this effect.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when instructions depend on one another.

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