Practice What Is A Control Hazard? (4.2.1) - Branches and Limits to Pipelining

Practice: What is a Control Hazard?

Lesson 4.2.1Branches and Limits to Pipelining

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Question 1.
What is a control hazard?
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Think about how instruction flow is affected during branches.
Question 2.
Give an example of a situation that might create a control hazard.
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Consider any conditional operation within programming.
3Question 3.
What is a control hazard?
- A delay caused by data hazards
- Uncertainty due to a branch instruction
- An issue due to structural hazards
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Think about what causes delays in instruction execution.
4Question 4.
True or False: Control hazards do not affect the performance of pipelined architectures.
- True
- False
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Recall our discussions about the impact on overall execution.
Question 5.
A processor has a deep pipeline architecture. If a control hazard occurs, how many subsequent instructions could be affected by this delay? Analyze the situation.
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Look closely at how many stages could be stalled based on pipeline depth.
Question 6.
Design a simple program that showcases at least two control hazards. Explain how each hazard impacts the execution.
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Remember to demonstrate how flow control alters execution.

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