((Course: computer architecture))

With Branch is resolved at the end of the EI stage (fifth stage), calculate the following if;

A. Branch instruction is Not Taken:

Total # of instructions executed =______________

Total # of clock cycles required = ______________

CPI = ___________________

B. Branch instruction is Taken:

Total # of instructions executed =______________

Total # of clock cycles required = ______________

CPI = ___________________

The branch penalty? = __________ time cycles

Q4: In a Six Stages Pipeline machine; consider the following program fragment: Instruction Instruction Address Code 300 PROC CE_AQU 302 SUB X X 304 MOV Y, 5 306 SUB 308 BRZ 328 //Branch if o 306 LD Z, M[W] Y, X 328 330 INC X ENDP