Digital Design & Comp Arch - Lecture 12: Pipelining (Spring 2023)

[@vmscode]

1:13:03 after break

[@willemhekman1788]

I am trying to come up with an analog with factory work for the data dependence handling. Maybe think of a magazine production factory. Say process B (making the front-page) depends on a part produced in process A (headline of article on page 4). Usually workers after going through all necessary steps and checks put a finished part (value) on some desk (register). If a part is needed in another process asap, they simply copy and forward the required information. So what is needed is for the handler of process B to know that process A needs the info and have a channel to forward the info asap.

[@АлишерХасен-к7ю]

what do you mean by port? As I understand it's like physical endpoint for connection?

[@willemhekman1788]

yes I think. Different ports for different stages so memory could take RD/WD from different buffer stages.

[@Readingnotesofleo]

Am i deaf??