Practice Salient Features - 13.12.1 | 13. Microprocessors - Part C | Digital Electronics - Vol 2
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Question 1

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What is superscalar execution?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how many instructions can be executed at once.

Question 2

Easy

What is the benefit of pipelining?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how it overlaps different instruction stages.

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Question 1

What architectural style allows for the execution of multiple instructions?

  • Superscalar
  • Scalar
  • Vector

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the concept of executing multiple tasks at once.

Question 2

True or false: The Pentium has a single 8 kB instruction cache.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how caches are organized in the Pentium architecture.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Imagine you engineer a new microprocessor. What features would you incorporate from the Pentium series and why?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the limitations of older architectures.

Question 2

Explain how the architectural changes in Pentium can lead to performance improvements in high-demand applications.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider applications in real-time processing.

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