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What is the purpose of the Instruction Fetch stage?
Think about where instructions come from.
Name the last stage of the pipeline.
What happens to the results of an instruction?
What is the first stage of the pipeline?
It's the initial step in the process.
True or False: The Memory Access stage allows for executing instructions.
Consider what execution entails.
Given a set of instructions, map them through the five stages of the pipeline and identify any potential stalls.
Look for dependencies between the instructions.
Analyze how changing the number of pipeline stages affects CPU performance and throughput.
Consider both benefits and trade-offs.
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