The performance of a pipelined processor suffers if :
2002
The performance of a pipelined processor suffers if :
- A.
the pipeline stages have different delays
- B.
consecutive instructions are dependent on each other
- C.
the pipeline stages share hardware resources
- D.
all of the above
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Correct answer: D
A pipeline can suffer when stage delays differ, when consecutive instructions are dependent, or when stages share hardware resources. Therefore all listed reasons are valid.