e pipelining in terms of boosting the performance of the processor, and then compute the number of cycles that will be required to execute five instructions assuming that each portion of the machine requires one cycle. a. Without using pipelines; b. By using pipelines a. With pipelined processes b. With pipelined processes c. With pipelined pro

When an instruction is first fetched from memory, its placed in the _________________ and then ________________to extract its components.

How does pipelining improve CPU efficiency? What’s the potential effect on pipelining’s efficiency when executing a conditional BRANCH instruction? What techniques can be used to make pipelining more efficient when executing conditional BRANCH instructions?

_____ is a CPU design technique in which instruction execution is divided into multiple stages and different instructions can execute in different stages simultaneously.

Identify the three elements of a CPU and describe the role of each.

The contents of a memory location are copied to a register while performing a(n) __________________ operation.

Processor R is a 64-bit RISC processor with a 2 GHz clock rate. The average instruction requires one cycle to complete, assuming zero wait state memory accesses. Processor C is a CISC processor with a 1.8 GHz clock rate. The average simple instruction requires one cycle to complete, assuming zero wait state memory accesses. The average complex instruction requires two cycles to complete, assuming zero wait state memory accesses. Processor R can’t directly implement the complex processing instructions of Processor C. Executing an equivalent set of simple instructions requires an average of three cycles to complete, assuming zero wait state memory accesses. Program S contains nothing but simple instructions. Program C executes 70% simple instructions and 30% complex instructions. Which processor will execute program S more quickly? Which processor will execute program C more quickly? At what percentage of complex instructions will the performance of the two processors be equal?

The components of an instruction are its _____ and one or more _____.

A(n) __________ is a storage location implemented in the CPU.

(Practice) Show how the name KINGSLEY is stored in a computer that uses the ASCII code by drawing a diagram similar to Figure 2.7, shown previously.