Pipeline stalls

• A stall is the delay in cycles caused due to any of the hazards mentioned above.

• Speedup :

1/(1+pipeline stall per instruction)* Number of stages

• So what is the speed up for an ideal pipeline with no stalls?

• Number of cycles needed to initially fill up the pipeline could be included in computation of average stall per instruction.

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