Intermediate
Assembly Language
Q90 / 100
What is instruction-level parallelism (ILP) and superscalar execution?
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The correct answer is B) Multiple independent instructions executing simultaneously on separate execution units within a single CPU core
B
Correct Answer
Multiple independent instructions executing simultaneously on separate execution units within a single CPU core
Explanation
Modern CPUs have multiple ALUs, FPUs, and load/store units. With 4-wide superscalar execution and 6 execution ports, up to 4 instructions can retire per cycle if independent.
Progress
90/100