Practice Data Hazards (4.6.2) - Branches and Limits to Pipelining

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Question 1.
Define a data hazard in the context of pipelined processors.
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Think about instructions that rely on each other's outputs.
Question 2.
What does RAW stand for?
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Focus on the order of reading and writing.
3Question 3.
What is the main issue with data hazards?
- They make pipelines faster
- They can introduce delays
- They automatically resolve themselves
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Think about the impact of instruction order on execution.
4Question 4.
RAW stands for Read-After-Write. True or False?
- True
- False
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Recall what happens after an instruction writes data.
Question 5.
Given a code snippet with multiple dependencies, identify and explain all data hazards present.
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Trace each instruction one-by-one to identify hazard points.
Question 6.
Devise a strategy that a compiler might use to minimize the impact of data hazards in a pipeline.
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Consider the role of the compiler in instruction placement.

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