Control hazard
Tag: control-hazard
Aliases: branch hazard
A pipeline stall caused by a branch whose direction or target is not yet known when the next fetch must occur.
Lecture references
- L04 · Hazards — p.13 , p.48 , p.57
- L05 · Scoreboarding — p.6
Tag: control-hazard
Aliases: branch hazard
A pipeline stall caused by a branch whose direction or target is not yet known when the next fetch must occur.