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CS 1541 Quiz 1 Solutions Summary by Kasun Pradeep Thilakarathna is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document contains the solutions to a quiz about different types of hazards that can occur in CPUs and how they are addressed. It also evaluates the performance impact of adding a branch predictor to a MIPS CPU design based on its effect on the clock cycle time and the average CPI of branch instructions for a test suite. While the branch predictor reduced the average CPI of branches, it increased the clock cycle time slightly, resulting in the new CPU having a longer overall execution time for the test

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Kasun Pradeep Thilakarathna

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EN