Practice Advanced Pipelining Techniques (3.8) - Pipelining

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Question 1.
What does VLIW stand for?
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Think about how the term describes the instruction length.
Question 2.
What is the main advantage of deep pipelines?
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Consider what more stages could allow the CPU to do.
3Question 3.
What is the primary benefit of deep pipelines?
- Lower power consumption
- Higher clock speeds
- Easier programming
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Think about what deep pipelines enable processors to do with speeds.
4Question 4.
True or False: VLIW helps reduce scheduling complexity.
- True
- False
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Consider the impact of compacting instructions.
Question 5.
Analyze a processor that utilizes both deep pipelines and SMT. Discuss how each affects overall performance and predict potential bottlenecks.
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Think about how these techniques interact with each other.
Question 6.
Design an example where VLIW could significantly outperform a traditional instruction set architecture. Explain your reasoning.
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Consider tasks that need multiple operations processed concurrently.

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