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Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.
Question 1
Easy
What is branch prediction?
💡 Hint: Think about the problem that stems from branches.
Question 2
Easy
What does the Branch Target Buffer (BTB) do?
💡 Hint: Focus on the buffer's purpose in relation to branches.
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 is the main purpose of branch prediction?
- To speed up clock cycles
- To minimize delays caused by branch instructions
- To increase the instruction pipeline size
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a branch instruction is hit in a pipeline.
Question 2
True or False: A misprediction requires the pipeline to flush.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to executed instructions after a wrong prediction.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Design a simple algorithm for a branch predictor that uses basic outcome tracking.
💡 Hint: Think about tracking just one possibility.
Question 2
Explain how varying branch instruction patterns could lead to effectiveness or challenges for a simple predictor.
💡 Hint: Consider the stability of predictions during changes in execution flow.
Challenge and get performance evaluation