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Introduction to pipelining

Computer Organisatie 2009 - Andy D. Pimentel. Introduction to pipelining. A. B. C. D. Pipelining is Natural!. Pipelining provides a method for executing multiple instructions at the same time. Laundry Example

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Introduction to pipelining

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  1. Computer Organisatie 2009 - Andy D. Pimentel Introduction to pipelining

  2. A B C D Pipelining is Natural! • Pipelining provides a method for executing multiple instructions at the same time. • Laundry Example • Ann, Brian, Cathy, Dave each have one load of clothes to wash, dry, and fold • Washer takes 30 minutes • Dryer takes 40 minutes • “Folder” takes 20 minutes

  3. A B C D Sequential Laundry 6 PM Midnight 7 8 9 11 10 • Sequential laundry takes 6 hours for 4 loads • If they learned pipelining, how long would laundry take? Time 30 40 20 30 40 20 30 40 20 30 40 20 T a s k O r d e r

  4. 30 40 40 40 40 20 A B C D Pipelined Laundry: Start work ASAP 6 PM Midnight 7 8 9 11 10 • Pipelined laundry takes 3.5 hours for 4 loads Time T a s k O r d e r

  5. IFetch Dec Exec Mem WB The Five Stages of Load Instruction • IFetch: Instruction Fetch and Update PC • Dec: Registers Fetch and Instruction Decode • Exec: Execute R-type; calculate memory address • Mem: Read/write the data from/to the Data Memory • WB: Write the result data into the register file Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 lw

  6. IFetch IFetch IFetch Dec Dec Dec Exec Exec Exec Mem Mem Mem WB WB WB A Pipelined Processor • Start the next instruction while still working on the current one • improves throughputorbandwidth - total amount of work done in a given time (average instructions per second or per clock) • instruction latency is not reduced (time from the start of an instruction to its completion • pipeline clock cycle (pipeline stage time) is limited by the slowest stage • for some instructions, some stages are wasted cycles Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 lw sw R-type

  7. IFetch Dec Exec Mem WB IFetch Dec Exec Mem IFetch “wasted” cycles IFetch Dec Exec Mem WB IFetch Dec Exec Mem WB IFetch Dec Exec Mem WB Single Cycle, Multiple Cycle, vs. Pipeline Single Cycle Implementation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Clk Load Store Waste Multiple Cycle Implementation: Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 Cycle 10 Clk lw sw R-type Pipeline Implementation: lw sw R-type

  8. Pipelining a RISC ISA (like the MIPS) • What makes it easy? • all instructions are the same length (32 bits) • easier to fetch in 1st stage and decode in 2nd stage • few instruction formats (three) with symmetry across formats • can begin reading register file in 2nd stage • memory operations can occur only in loads and stores • can use the execute stage to calculate memory addresses • each MIPS instruction writes at most one result and does so near the end of the pipeline • What makes it hard? • structural hazards: what if we had only one memory? • control hazards: what about branches? • data hazards: what if an instruction’s input operands depend on the output of a previous instruction?

  9. Pipeline Datapath Modifications • What do we need to add/modify in our datapath? • registers between pipeline stages to isolate them IF:IFetch ID:Dec EX:Execute MEM: MemAccess WB: WriteBack 1 0 Add Add 4 Shift left 2 Read Addr 1 Instruction Memory Data Memory Register File Read Data 1 Read Addr 2 IFetch/Dec Read Address PC Read Data Dec/Exec Address 1 Exec/Mem Write Addr ALU Read Data 2 Mem/WB 0 Write Data 0 Write Data 1 Sign Extend 16 32 System Clock

  10. DM Reg Reg IM ALU Graphically Representing Pipeline • Can help with answering questions like: • how many cycles does it take to execute this code? • what is the ALU doing during cycle 4? • is there a hazard, why does it occur, and how can it be fixed?

  11. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Time to fill the pipeline Why Pipeline? For Throughput! Time (clock cycles) Inst 0 Once the pipeline is full, one instruction is completed every cycle I n s t r. O r d e r Inst 1 Inst 2 Inst 3 Inst 4

  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Load Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr 1 2 3 4 R-type Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr Important Observation • Each functional unit can only be used once per instruction (since 4 other instructions executing) • If each functional unit used at different stages then leads to hazards: • Load uses Register File’s Write Port during its 5th stage • R-type uses Register File’s Write Port during its 4th stage • 2 ways to solve this pipeline hazard:

  13. Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec 1. Insert “Bubble” into the Pipeline Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 • Insert a “bubble” into the pipeline to prevent 2 writes at the same cycle • The control logic can be complex. • Lose instruction fetch and issue opportunity. • No instruction is started in Cycle 6! Clock Load R-type Pipeline R-type R-type Bubble

  14. Ifetch Reg/Dec Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr 2. Delay R-type’s Write by One Cycle • Delay R-type’s register write by one cycle: • Now R-type instructions also use Reg File’s write port at Stage 5 • Mem stage is a NOP stage: nothing is being done 4 1 2 3 5 Exec Mem R-type Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 Clock R-type R-type Load R-type R-type

  15. Can Pipelining Get Us Into Trouble? • Yes! :Pipeline Hazards • structural hazards: attempt to use the same resource by two different instructions at the same time • data hazards: attempt to use data before it is ready • instruction source operands are produced by a prior instruction still in the pipeline • load instruction followed immediately by an ALU instruction that uses the load operand as a source value • control hazards: attempt to make a decision before condition has been evaluated • branch instructions • Can always resolve hazards by waiting • pipeline control must detect the hazard • take action (or delay action) to resolve hazards

  16. Reading data from memory Mem Mem Mem Mem Mem Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Mem Mem Mem Mem Mem ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Reading instruction from memory A Single Memory Structural Hazard Time (clock cycles) lw I n s t r. O r d e r Inst 1 Inst 2 Inst 3 Inst 4

  17. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU How About Register File Access? Time (clock cycles) add r1, I n s t r. O r d e r Inst 1 Inst 2 add r2,r1, Inst 4 Potential read before write data hazard

  18. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU How About Register File Access? Time (clock cycles) Can fix register file access hazard by doing reads in the second half of the cycle and writes in the first half. add r1, I n s t r. O r d e r Inst 1 Inst 2 add r2,r1, Inst 4 Potential read before write data hazard

  19. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Register Usage Can Cause Data Hazards • Dependencies backward in time cause hazards add r1,r2,r3 I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5 Which are read before write data hazards?

  20. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Register Usage Can Cause Data Hazards • Dependencies backward in time cause hazards add r1,r2,r3 I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5 Read before write data hazards

  21. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Loads Can Cause Data Hazards • Dependencies backward in time cause hazards lw r1,100(r2) I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5 Load-use data hazard

  22. DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg stall IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU stall sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 One Way to “Fix” a Data Hazard Can fix data hazard by waiting – stall – but affects throughput add r1,r2,r3 I n s t r. O r d e r

  23. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Another Way to “Fix” a Data Hazard Can fix data hazard by forwarding results as soon as they are availableto where they are needed. add r1,r2,r3 I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5

  24. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Forwarding with Load-use Data Hazards • Will still need one stall cycle even with forwarding lw r1,100(r2) I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r1,r7 or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5

  25. DM DM DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU ALU Instruction scheduling lw r1,100(r2) I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r5 and r6,r3,r7 sub r4,r1,r5 No dependency or r8, r1, r9 xor r4,r1,r5

  26. DM DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU ALU beq DM Reg Reg Branch Instructions Cause Control Hazards • Dependencies backward in time cause hazards I n s t r. O r d e r lw Inst 3 Inst 4

  27. DM DM Reg Reg Reg Reg IM IM IM ALU ALU ALU stall stall stall lw DM Reg Inst 3 One Way to “Fix” a Control Hazard Can fix branch hazard by waiting – stall – but affects throughput beq I n s t r. O r d e r

  28. 1 0 IF/ID ID/EX EX/MEM Add Add MEM/WB 4 Shift left 2 Read Addr 1 Instruction Memory Data Memory Register File Read Data 1 Read Addr 2 Read Address PC Read Data Address 1 Write Addr ALU Read Data 2 0 Write Data 0 Write Data 1 Sign Extend 16 32 Corrected Datapath (to Save RegWrite Addr) • Need to preserve the destination register address in the pipeline state registers

  29. So far, we have seen the data transfer from stage to stageBut what about control?

  30. Pipeline Control • Pass control just like data values

  31. Pipeline Control Path Modifications • All control signals can be determined during Decode • and held in thestate registers between pipeline stages

  32. Pipeline Control Path Modifications 1 PCSrc ID/EX 0 EX/MEM Control IF/ID Add MEM/WB Branch Add 4 RegWrite Shift left 2 Read Addr 1 Instruction Memory Data Memory Register File Read Data 1 Read Addr 2 MemtoReg Read Address ALUSrc PC Read Data Address 1 Write Addr ALU Read Data 2 0 Write Data 0 Write Data 1 ALU cntrl MemWrite MemRead Sign Extend 16 32 ALUOp 0 1 RegDst

  33. Control Settings

  34. Summary • All modern day processors use pipelining • Pipelining doesn’t help latency of single task, it helps throughput of entire workload • Multiple tasks operating simultaneously using different resources • Potential speedup = Number of pipe stages • Pipeline rate limited by slowest pipeline stage • Unbalanced lengths of pipe stages reduces speedup • Time to “fill” pipeline and time to “drain” it reduces speedup • Must detect and resolve hazards • Stalling negatively affects throughput • Next time: pipeline control, including hazards

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