Control Hazards

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  1. About Course: About the Course
  2. CS | 01 | Digital Logic and Circuits and Discrete Mathematical Structures: Digital Systems & Boolean Basics, Number System, Number Representation, Logic Gates & Hardware, Boolean Expression, Boolean Minimization, Combinational Circuit, Sequential Circuits, Set Theory, Relations, Functions, Graph Theory, Group Theory, Propositional and Predicate Logic, Permutation and Combination / क्रमचय और संचय
  3. CS | 02 | Computer Organization and Architecture: Basics of COA, Cache Memory Organization, Input Output Organisation, Pipelining, Instr Formats & Modes, Control Unit Design, Multiprocessors
  4. CS | 03 | Data Structures and Algorithm: Introduction to DS, Array, Stack, Queue, Linked List, Tree, Graphs, Hashing, Algorithm Analysis, Time Complexity Analysis, Sorting Algorithms, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Minimum Spanning Trees, Shortest Path Algos, Complexity Theory, Advanced Algorithms
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  7. CS | 06 | Operating System: Introduction to OS, Process Management, CPU Scheduling, Process Synchronization, Threads & Process Creation, Deadlock, Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Disc Scheduling, File Management, Windows OS, Unix OS
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  9. CS | 08 | Computer Networks: Introduction to CN, Data Communication, DLL: Access Control, DLL: Flow Control, DLL: Error Control, DLL: Framing, Data Link Layer - Ethernet, Net Layer: IPv4 & Proto, Net Layer: IP Addressing, Net Layer:Routing Protocol, Transport Layer Services, TL: Congestion & UDP, Application Layer, Hardware basics
  10. CS | 09 | Software Engineering: Fundamentals of Software Engineering, Software Requirements and Quality Assurance, Software Design, Estimation and Metrics, Software Testing, Software Maintenance and Configuration Management
  11. CS | 10 | Internet Technology, Web Design and Web Technology: Internet Fundamentals, Web Design & Development, Protocols & Services, Web Publishing & Hosting, Server Side & Security, Emerging Technologies, JavaScript-Basics, HTML Basics
  12. CS | 11 | System Analysis And Design: Fundamentals of Systems and Information Systems, SDLC and Development Approaches, Software Documentation and Software Requirements Specification (SRS), SDD and Quality Assurance, Security, Risk Management & Maintenance
  13. CS | 12 | Information Security and Cyber Laws: Cyber Threats and Malware Attacks, Role of Internet and Web Services, Security in Mobile and Wireless Computing, Electronic Data Interchange and E-Commerce, Physical Security and Cryptography Basics, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Cyber Safety and Security
  14. CS | 13 | Computer Graphics: Basics of Computer Graphics, 2-D Geometrical Transforms and Viewing, 3-D Object Representation, Geometric Transformations and Viewing
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  19. GS Paper | 05 | Elementary Maths / प्रारंभिक गणित: Number System / संख्या पद्धति, Divisibility Rules / विभाज्यता के नियम, HCF and LCM / महत्तम समापवर्तक और लघुत्तम समापवर्त्य, Percentage / प्रतिशत, Profit, Loss and Discount / लाभ, हानि और बट्टा, Simple and Compound Interest / साधारण और चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज, Ratio and Proportion / अनुपात और समानुपात, Average / औसत, Time and Work / समय और कार्य, Time, Speed and Distance / समय, चाल और दूरी, Algebra / बीजगणित, Solid Mensuration / घन क्षेत्रमिति, Data Interpretation / आँकड़ा निर्वचन, Arithmetic / अंकगणित, Statistics / सांख्यिकी, Probability / प्रायिकता, Sequences, Series and Combinatorics / अनुक्रम, श्रेणी और संयोजन, Mixture and Alligation / मिश्रण और एलिगेशन, Calculus / कलन, Trigonometry / त्रिकोणमिति, Vectors / सदिश, Number Systems and Number Theory / संख्या पद्धति और संख्या सिद्धांत, Euclidean Geometry and Mensuration / यूक्लिडीय ज्यामिति और क्षेत्रमिति, Statistics and Probability / सांख्यिकी और प्रायिकता, Coordinate Geometry, Vectors and 3D Geometry / निर्देशांक ज्यामिति, सदिश और त्रिविमीय ज्यामिति, Polynomials, Equations and Complex Numbers / बहुपद, समीकरण और सम्मिश्र संख्याएँ, Plane Mensuration / समतल क्षेत्रमिति, Simplification, Indices and Surds / सरलीकरण, घातांक और करणी, Sets, Relations, Functions and Discrete Mathematics / समुच्चय, संबंध, फलन और विविक्त गणित
  20. GS Paper | 06 | Indian Polity and Governance / भारतीय राजव्यवस्था एवं शासन: Polity / राजव्यवस्था
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AI summary & chapters

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The lecture focuses on Control Hazards in pipelined processors, specifically addressing the inefficiencies caused by branch instructions. The instructor explains that when a branch instruction is encountered, the processor may have already fetched and partially executed subsequent instructions that turn out to be incorrect. This leads to a 'hazard' where these instructions must be discarded. The session transitions into a quantitative analysis, teaching students how to calculate the Cycles Per Instruction (CPI) penalty based on the frequency of branch instructions and the number of stalls they incur.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00

    The instructor begins by defining the problem of Control Hazards. He presents a scenario where instruction I1 is a branch, and the next instruction to execute is I10. However, the processor has already partially executed I1, I2, I3, which is the core problem. A flowchart is displayed, categorizing 'Branch Instruction' into 'Conditional' and 'Unconditional'. The 'Conditional' branch further splits into 'Condition true (Jump)' and 'Condition false (No Jump)'. The instructor writes a vertical sequence I1, I2, I3, I4, I5 to represent the instruction stream, emphasizing that the decision to jump is not immediate.

  2. 2:00 – 4:30 02:00-04:30

    The instructor visualizes the hazard using a pipeline timing diagram with stages IF, ID, EX, and WB. He marks I1 as the branch instruction and shows red crosses over I2 and I3 in the IF and ID stages, indicating they are flushed. He then introduces a calculation problem: 'Consider a system where 20% instruction are branch instruction... Find the CPI'. He calculates the CPI for three cases. Case 1: 1 Stall results in 0.8 x 1 + 0.2 x 2 = 1.2. Case 2: 2 Stalls results in 0.8 x 1 + 0.2 x 3 = 1.4. Case 3: 3 Stalls results in 0.8 x 1 + 0.2 x 4 = 1.6. This demonstrates how stall cycles directly increase the average CPI.

The lecture effectively bridges the gap between theoretical pipeline hazards and practical performance metrics. By first illustrating the structural problem of branch instructions wasting cycles through a flowchart and timing diagram, the instructor sets the stage for the mathematical solution. The calculation of CPI serves as a practical application, showing how a 20% branch frequency with varying stall penalties (1, 2, or 3 cycles) degrades performance from a base CPI of 1.0 to 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6 respectively. This progression helps students understand the tangible cost of control dependencies in processor design.

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