10/11: Lecture Topics

10/11/99


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10/11: Lecture Topics

Where we’ve been:

Where we’re going

Where we’re not going

RISC vs. CISC

The VAX

VAX Instructions

The RISC Backlash

How many instructions?

Execution Cycle

More Execution Cycle

Laundry

Pipelined Laundry

Latency vs. Throughput

Balancing the Stages

Pipelining instructions

What could go wrong?

Structural Hazards

Control Hazards

Data Hazards

Handling Data Hazards

Author: Gretta E. Bartels