Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Future of computing - Part 3: The ILP Wall and pipelines - EDN.com


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Future of computing - Part 3: The ILP Wall and pipelines
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Computer programs are sequential.That means that one instruction executes after another.Pipelines execute pieces of multiple instructions in parallel. It is therefore very easy for the pipeline to get the logical intent of the program out of sequence.