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Dependency Constraints:

Consider the following program that contains two instructions, followed by

: A A + 5

: B 3 * A

When this program is executed in a pipeline, the execution of can begin before the execution of completes. The pipeline execution is shown in Figure 9.9.

Clock Cycle
Stages
1
2
3
4
5
6
F: Fetch
F1
D1
O1
W1
    
D: Decode
F2
D2
O2
W2
  

Figure 9.9: Pipeline execution of two instructions

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