Practice - Advanced Performance Optimization Techniques
Practice Questions
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What is pipelining in terms of instruction execution?
💡 Hint: Think of it as an assembly line for instructions.
Define what a cache is in computer systems.
💡 Hint: Consider it a fast-access storage for storing temporary results.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of pipelining in CPU architecture?
💡 Hint: Focus on the performance aspect of instruction execution.
True or False: Data hazards can be resolved by stalling the pipeline.
💡 Hint: Think about how dependencies might affect instruction execution.
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Challenge Problems
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Suppose you have a processor that executes four instructions in a 5-stage pipeline. If each instruction takes 1 cycle in the pipeline, what is the effective instruction throughput of the processor after the pipeline is filled?
💡 Hint: Remember how pipelining works once fully operational.
Analyze how implementing a multi-level cache system could benefit a high-performance embedded system. What trade-offs come with this design?
💡 Hint: Consider how levels of cache can either help or worsen issues related to speed and efficiency.
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