3.2 - Pipeline Stages
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of the Instruction Fetch stage?
💡 Hint: Think about where instructions come from.
Name the last stage of the pipeline.
💡 Hint: What happens to the results of an instruction?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the first stage of the pipeline?
💡 Hint: It's the initial step in the process.
True or False: The Memory Access stage allows for executing instructions.
💡 Hint: Consider what execution entails.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a set of instructions, map them through the five stages of the pipeline and identify any potential stalls.
💡 Hint: Look for dependencies between the instructions.
Analyze how changing the number of pipeline stages affects CPU performance and throughput.
💡 Hint: Consider both benefits and trade-offs.
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