Given the following sequence of instructions: lw $s3, 40($s1)   //1 lw $s2, 40($s0)   //2 add $s1, $s2, $s3 //3 sub $s2, $s2, $s3 //4 sw $s1, 20($s0)   //5 lw $s4, 80($s2)   //6 add $s1, $s4, $s2 //7 List the read-after-write (current instruction is reading certain registers which haven’t been written back yet) data dependencies. Please use the format, e.g., 3 on 1 ($s3) to show that instruction 3 has data dependency on instruction 1 since it is reading register $s3. Assume the 5-stage MIPS pipeline with no forwarding, and each stage takes 1 cycle. Instead of inserting NOPs, you let the processor stall on hazards. How many times does the processor stall? How long is each stall (in cycles)? What is the execution time (in cycles) for the whole program? Sketch a diagram to explain your answer. Assume the 5-stage MIPS pipeline with full forwarding. Will all the stall you saw in Question b be eliminated? If not, insert NOPs instead of stall to eliminate the hazards. Sketch a diagram to illustrate your answer.

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Given the following sequence of instructions:

lw $s3, 40($s1)   //1 lw $s2, 40($s0)   //2 add $s1, $s2, $s3 //3 sub $s2, $s2, $s3 //4 sw $s1, 20($s0)   //5 lw $s4, 80($s2)   //6 add $s1, $s4, $s2 //7

  1. List the read-after-write (current instruction is reading certain registers which haven’t been written back yet) data dependencies. Please use the format, e.g., 3 on 1 ($s3) to show that instruction 3 has data dependency on instruction 1 since it is reading register $s3.
  2. Assume the 5-stage MIPS pipeline with no forwarding, and each stage takes 1 cycle. Instead of inserting NOPs, you let the processor stall on hazards. How many times does the processor stall?

How long is each stall (in cycles)? What is the execution time (in cycles) for the whole program? Sketch a diagram to explain your answer.

  1. Assume the 5-stage MIPS pipeline with full forwarding. Will all the stall you saw in Question b be eliminated? If not, insert NOPs instead of stall to eliminate the hazards. Sketch a diagram to illustrate your answer.
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