CS 61C Quiz - Week 6-1-1: Monday

Question 1:

If we took our original single-cycle processor and just
pipelined the datapath (without pipelining the control),
what would happen? (Try to be specific.)

Question 2:

The forwarding figure on page 482 has muxes that
choose between three possible values to feed into the
ALU source buses. Where are these three coming from? 

For each value, give an instruction sequence that 
would cause that value to be used.

Question 3:

How does the hazard unit insert bubbles? 

What prevents the hazard unit from inserting 
the same bubble over and over and over?

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