6 Questions
What is the term for a CPU architecture in which duplicate CPUs or processor stages can execute in parallel?
Superscalar
In a superscalar architecture, what is the term for the unit responsible for fetching instructions from memory?
Instruction Fetch Unit (IFU)
Which type of CPU architecture allows for the concurrent execution of multiple threads on a single processor?
Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
What is the term for the stage in a pipeline where instructions are decoded and executed?
Execution stage
Which stage in a pipeline is responsible for retrieving instructions from memory?
Decode stage
What is the term for the stage in a pipeline where the results of an instruction are written back to the register file or memory?
Writeback stage
Parallel CPU Execution Quiz: Test your knowledge of CPU architectures with parallel execution of duplicate CPUs or processor stages. Challenge yourself with questions on parallel processing and its impact on system performance.
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