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CpE 442 Designing a Pipeline Processor (lect. II)

CpE 442 Designing a Pipeline Processor (lect. II). Outline of Today’s Lecture. Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) Forwarding (25 minutes) 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) What makes pipelining hard Summary (5 minutes).

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CpE 442 Designing a Pipeline Processor (lect. II)

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  1. CpE 442 Designing a Pipeline Processor (lect. II)

  2. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) • Forwarding (25 minutes) • 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) • 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  3. Ifetch Reg Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg Exec Mem Ifetch Ifetch Reg Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg Exec Mem Wr Ifetch Reg Exec Mem Wr Review: Single Cycle, Multiple Cycle, vs. Pipeline Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Clk Single Cycle Implementation: Load Store Waste Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 Cycle 10 Clk Multiple Cycle Implementation: Load Store R-type Pipeline Implementation: Load Store R-type

  4. 1 Mux 0 Review: A Pipelined Datapath Clk Ifetch Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr ExtOp ALUOp Branch RegWr 1 0 PC+4 PC+4 PC PC+4 Imm16 Imm16 Zero Data Mem Rs busA A Ra busB Exec Unit RA Do Rb IUnit IF/ID Register Ex/Mem Register Mem/Wr Register ID/Ex Register Rt WA RFile Di Rw Di Rt 0 I Rd 1 ALUSrc RegDst MemWr MemtoReg

  5. Review: Pipeline Control “Data Stationary Control” • The Main Control generates the control signals during Reg/Dec • Control signals for Exec (ExtOp, ALUSrc, ...) are used 1 cycle later • Control signals for Mem (MemWr Branch) are used 2 cycles later • Control signals for Wr (MemtoReg MemWr) are used 3 cycles later Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr ExtOp ExtOp ALUSrc ALUSrc ALUOp ALUOp Main Control RegDst RegDst Ex/Mem Register IF/ID Register Mem/Wr Register ID/Ex Register MemWr MemWr MemWr Branch Branch Branch MemtoReg MemtoReg MemtoReg MemtoReg RegWr RegWr RegWr RegWr

  6. Review: Pipeline Summary • Pipeline Processor: • Natural enhancement of the multiple clock cycle processor • Each functional unit can only be used once per instruction • If a instruction is going to use a functional unit: • it must use it at the same stage as all other instructions • Pipeline Control: • Each stage’s control signal depends ONLY on the instruction that is currently in that stage

  7. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards • Forwarding (25 minutes) • 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) • 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  8. Introduction to Hazards • Limits to pipelining: Hazards prevent next instruction from executing during its designated clock cycle • structural hazards: HW cannot support this combination of instructions • data hazards: instruction depends on result of prior instruction still in the pipeline • control hazards: pipelining of branches & other instructionsCommon solution is to stall the pipeline until the hazardbubbles” in the pipeline

  9. Mem ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU A Single Memory is a Structural Hazard Time (clock cycles) I n s t r. O r d e r Mem Reg Reg Load Instr 1 Instr 2 Mem Mem Reg Reg Instr 3 Instr 4

  10. Mem ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg bubble ALU Mem Mem Reg Reg ALU Option 1: Stall to resolve Memory Structural Hazard Time (clock cycles) I n s t r. O r d e r Mem Reg Reg Load Instr 1 Instr 2 Instr 3(stall) Instr 4

  11. Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Option 2: Duplicate to Resolve Structural Hazard • Separate Instruction Cache (Im) & Data Cache (Dm) Time (clock cycles) I n s t r. O r d e r Load Instr 1 Instr 2 Instr 3 Instr 4

  12. Data Hazard on r1 add r1,r2,r3 sub r4, r1,r3 and r6, r1,r7 or r8, r1,r9 xor r10, r1,r11

  13. Im ALU Im ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Data Hazard on r1: (Figure 6.30, page 397, P&H) • Dependencies backwards in time are hazards Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB add r1,r2,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r3 Dm Reg Reg Dm Reg Reg and r6,r1,r7 Im Dm Reg Reg or r8,r1,r9 ALU xor r10,r1,r11

  14. bubble bubble bubble Im ALU Im ALU Im Option1: HW Stalls to Resolve Data Hazard • Dependencies backwards in time are hazards Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB add r1,r2,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4, r1,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm and r6,r1,r7 Dm Reg or r8,r1,r9 Reg xor r10,r1,r11 Reg

  15. But recall use of “Data Stationary Control” • The Main Control generates the control signals during Reg/Dec • Control signals for Exec (ExtOp, ALUSrc, ...) are used 1 cycle later • Control signals for Mem (MemWr Branch) are used 2 cycles later • Control signals for Wr (MemtoReg MemWr) are used 3 cycles later Reg/Dec Exec Mem Wr ExtOp ExtOp ALUSrc ALUSrc ALUOp ALUOp Main Control RegDst RegDst Ex/Mem Register IF/ID Register Mem/Wr Register ID/Ex Register MemWr MemWr MemWr Branch Branch Branch MemtoReg MemtoReg MemtoReg MemtoReg RegWr RegWr RegWr RegWr

  16. Im bubble bubble bubble bubble Im bubble bubble bubble bubble Im bubble bubble bubble bubble Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im ALU Option 1: How HW really stalls pipeline • HW doesn’t change PC => keeps fetching same instruction & sets control signals to to benign values (0) Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB add r1,r2,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r stall stall stall sub r4,r1,r3 and r6,r1,r7 Dm Reg

  17. Im ALU Im ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im ALU Option 2: SW inserts indepdendent instructions • Worst case inserts NOP instructions Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB add r1,r2,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r Dm Reg Reg nop Dm Reg Reg nop Im Dm Reg Reg ALU nop sub r4,r1,r3 and r6,r1,r7 Dm Reg

  18. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) • Forwarding • 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) • 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  19. Im ALU Im ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Option 3 Insight: Data is available! (Figure 6.35, page 415, P&H) • Pipeline registers already contain needed data Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB add r1,r2,r3 Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r3 Dm Reg Reg Dm Reg Reg and r6,r1,r7 Im Dm Reg Reg or r8,r1,r9 ALU xor r10,r1,r11

  20. HW Change for “Forwarding” (Bypassing): • Increase multiplexors to add paths from pipeline registers • Assumes register read during write gets new value (otherwise more results to be forwarded)

  21. Complete data Path with Hazard detection and Forwarding Figure 6.41 in the text

  22. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) • Forwarding (25 minutes) • 1 cycle Load Delay • 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  23. 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 From Last Lecture: The Delay Load Phenomenon Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Clock • Although Load is fetched during Cycle 1: • The data is NOT written into the Reg File until the end of Cycle 5 • We cannot read this value from the Reg File until Cycle 6 • 3-instruction delay before the load take effect I0: Load Plus 1 Plus 2 Plus 3 Plus 4

  24. Im ALU Im ALU Forwarding reduces Data Hazard to 1 cycle: (Figure 6.47, page 420 P&H) Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB lw r1, 0(r2) Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r sub r4,r1,r6 Dm Reg Reg Dm Reg Reg and r6,r1,r7 Im Dm Reg Reg or r8,r1,r9 ALU

  25. Im bubble bubble bubble bubble Im ALU Im ALU Option1: HW Stalls to Resolve Data Hazard • “Interlock”: checks for hazard & stalls Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB lw r1, 0(r2) Reg Reg ALU Im Dm I n s t r. O r d e r stall sub r4,r1,r3 Dm Reg Reg Dm Reg Reg and r6,r1,r7 Im Dm Reg Reg or r8,r1,r9 ALU

  26. Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Reg Reg ALU Im Dm Im ALU Im ALU Option 2: SW inserts independent instructions • Worst case inserts NOP instructions • MIPS I solution: No HW checking Time (clock cycles) IF ID/RF EX MEM WB lw r1, 0(r2) I n s t r. O r d e r nop sub r4,r1,r3 Dm Reg Reg Dm Reg Reg and r6,r1,r7 Im Dm Reg Reg or r8,r1,r9 ALU

  27. Software Scheduling to Avoid Load Hazards Try producing fast code for a = b + c; d = e – f; assuming a, b, c, d ,e, and f in memory. Slow code: LW Rb,b LW Rc,c ADD Ra,Rb,Rc SW a,Ra LW Re,e LW Rf,f SUB Rd,Re,Rf SW d,Rd

  28. Slow code: LW Rb,b LW Rc,c ADD Ra,Rb,Rc SW a,Ra LW Re,e LW Rf,f SUB Rd,Re,Rf SW d,Rd Fast code: LW Rb,b LW Rc,c LW Re,e ADD Ra,Rb,Rc LW Rf,f SW a,Ra SUB Rd,Re,Rf SW d,Rd

  29. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) • Forwarding (25 minutes) • 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) • 1 cycle Branch Delay • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  30. 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 From Last Lecture: The Delay Branch Phenomenon Cycle 4 Cycle 5 Cycle 6 Cycle 7 Cycle 8 Cycle 9 Cycle 10 Cycle 11 Clk • Although Beq is fetched during Cycle 4: • Target address is NOT written into the PC until the end of Cycle 7 • Branch’s target is NOT fetched until Cycle 8 • 3-instruction delay before the branch take effect 12: Beq (target is 1000) 16: R-type 20: R-type 24: R-type 1000: Target of Br

  31. Control Hazard on Branches: 3 stage stall

  32. Branch Stall Impact • If CPI = 1, 30% branch, Stall 3 cycles => new CPI = 1.9! • 2 part solution: • Determine branch taken or not sooner, AND • Compute taken branch address earlier • Solution Option 1: • Move Zero test to ID/RF stage • Adder to calculate new PC in ID/RF stage • 1 clock cycle penalty for branch vs. 3

  33. Option 1: move HW forward to reduce branch delayData Path before change Execute Addr. Calc. Memory Access Instr. Decode Reg. Fetch Instruction Fetch Write Back

  34. Branch Delay now 1 clock cycleData Path after change Memory Access Write Back Instruction Fetch Instr. Decode Reg. Fetch Execute Addr. Calc.

  35. Option 2: No Stalls, Define Branch as Delayed, insertinstruction after the branch and allow it to execute always, • Worst case, SW inserts NOP into branch delay if no instruction can be found • Where to get instructions to fill branch delay slot? • Before branch instruction, example sw r1,0(r2); beqd r0,r2,T change to, beqd r0,r2,T; sw r1,0(r2) • From the target address: only valuable when branch • From fall through: only valuable when don’t branch • Compiler effectiveness for single branch delay slot: • Fills about 60% of branch delay slots • About 80% of instructions executed in branch delay slots useful in computation • about 50% (60% x 80%) of slots usefully filled

  36. Complete data Path with Hazard detection and Forwarding Figure 6.41 in the text

  37. Example Text Figure 6.52

  38. Outline of Today’s Lecture • Recap and Introduction (5 minutes) • Introduction to Hazards (15 minutes) • Forwarding (25 minutes) • 1 cycle Load Delay (5 minutes) • 1 cycle Branch Delay (15 minutes) • What makes pipelining hard • Summary (5 minutes)

  39. When is pipelining hard? • Interrupts: 5 instructions executing in 5 stage pipeline • How to stop the pipeline? • Restrart? • Who caused the interrupt? Stage Problem interrupts occurring IF Page fault on instruction fetch; misaligned memory access; memory-protection violation ID Undefined or illegal opcode EX Arithmetic interrupt MEM Page fault on data fetch; misaligned memory access; memory-protection violation • Load with data page fault, Add with instruction page fault? • Solution 1: interrupt vector/instruction 2: interrupt ASAP, restart everything incomplete

  40. Data path with Exception Handling, Text Figure 6.55, add a Cause register, an Exception PC, and constant addr. of Exception Handeling routine

  41. Review: Summary of Pipelining Basics • Speed Up Š Pipeline Depth (number of stages); if ideal CPI is 1, then: • Hazards limit performance on computers: • structural: need more HW resources • data: need forwarding, compiler scheduling • control: early evaluation & PC, delayed branch, prediction • Increasing length of pipe increases impact of hazards since pipelining helps instruction bandwidth, not latency • Compilers key to reducing cost of data and control hazards • load delay slots • branch delay slots • Exceptions, Instruction Set, FP makes pipelining harder • Longer pipelines => Branch prediction, more instruction parallelism?

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