Practice Vliw (very Long Instruction Word) (5.7) - Exploiting Instruction-Level Parallelism

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Question 1.
What does VLIW stand for?
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Think about what the acronym suggests.
Question 2.
Name one benefit of using VLIW architecture.
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Consider how instructions can be packed.
3Question 3.
What does VLIW enable processors to do?
- Run one instruction at a time
- Pack multiple independent instructions
- Eliminate the need for a compiler
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Think about the key purpose of VLIW.
4Question 4.
True or False: VLIW architectures require less complex hardware.
- True
- False
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Consider how the hardware needs to adapt to VLIW.
Question 5.
Given an example of a simple program, describe how you would schedule the instructions for a VLIW processor. Include considerations for instruction independence.
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Break down the program to find independent tasks.
Question 6.
Analyze a case where a conventional processor outperforms a VLIW architecture. Discuss the reasons why.
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Consider how dependency affects architecture choice.

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