[SOLVED] CS ELEC 6036 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (Assignment 1 2022/23 )

ELEC 6036 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (Assignment 1 2022/23 )

ELEC 6036 HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (Assignment 1 2022/23 )

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ASSIGNMENT 1(20 marks)

Assignment Due Date: October 18, 2022

Due Date: November 6 (Sunday), 2022 (kindly submit your assignment via the Assignment 1 Submission link of our online course Moodle system ) at or before 23:55

Questions:

(a) Consider the following instruction sequence (RAW hazard through memory):

sw $5, 10($8) // store word from register $5
lw $3, 10($8)// load word to register $3
lw $4, 10($8) // load word to register $4

Does this require forwarding hardware for maximum performance? If yes, draw/describe the forwarding hardware and describe the control circuitry. If no, explain why not.

(10 marks)

(b) Consider the following instruction sequence (RAW hazard through registers):

lw $7, 12($6)
sw $7, 22($5)
sw $6, 28($4)

Does this require forwarding hardware for maximum performance? If yes, draw/describe the forwarding hardware and describe the control circuitry. If no, explain why not.

(10 marks)

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