Which of the following describes a computer processing architecture in which a language compiler or pre-processor breaks program instructions down into basic operations that can be performed by the…

The correct answer is A. Very-Long Instruction-Word Processor (VLIW). VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architecture relies on the compiler (not the hardware) to identify and bundle multiple independent operations into a single long instruction word that the processor executes in parallel. This shifts the complexity of finding parallelism from…

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Which of the following describes a computer processing architecture in which a language compiler or pre-processor breaks program instructions down into basic operations that can be performed by the processor at the same time?

Options

AVery-Long Instruction-Word Processor (VLIW)
BComplex-Instruction-Set-Computer (CISC)
CReduced-Instruction-Set-Computer (RISC)
DSuper Scalar Processor Architecture (SCPA)

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(40 responses)

A
90% (36)
B
5% (2)
C
3% (1)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) architecture relies on the compiler (not the hardware) to identify and bundle multiple independent operations into a single long instruction word that the processor executes in parallel. This shifts the complexity of finding parallelism from runtime hardware to compile time. CISC (B) uses complex hardware-executed instructions, RISC (C) uses simplified instructions, and Super Scalar (D) uses hardware logic to dispatch multiple instructions in parallel - not the compiler.

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#Processor Architecture#VLIW#Parallel Computing#Instruction Processing

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