Practice Objective 5: Interfacing Mechanism (1.2.5) - Model of Computer and Working Principle

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Question 1.
What is pipelining?
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Think about how stages can overlap in a process.
Question 2.
What does RISC stand for?
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Focus on simplified instruction sets.
3Question 3.
Which technique improves CPU throughput by overlapping instruction stages?
- Pipelining
- Parallelism
- RISC
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Think about how instructions can be processed simultaneously.
4Question 4.
Is RISC a type of processor architecture that uses a complex instruction set?
- True
- False
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Consider the design philosophy of RISC.
Question 5.
Design a simple instruction pipeline for a hypothetical CPU with three stages: fetch, decode, and execute. Explain how many instructions can be in a pipeline at one time and why this is efficient.
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Consider how instructions flow through different phases.
Question 6.
Analyze a case where using parallelism in data processing leads to performance improvements. Provide a real-world example.
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Think about complex simulations or analyses that resolve over time.

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