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CPU Performance Pipelined CPU Hakim Weatherspoon CS 3410, Spring 2013 Computer Science Cornell University See P&H Chapters 1.4 and 4.5

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CPU PerformancePipelined CPU

Hakim WeatherspoonCS 3410, Spring 2013Computer ScienceCornell University

See P&H Chapters 1.4 and 4.5

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“In a major matter, no details are small”French Proverb

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MIPS Design PrinciplesSimplicity favors regularity

• 32 bit instructions

Smaller is faster• Small register file

Make the common case fast• Include support for constants

Good design demands good compromises• Support for different type of interpretations/classes

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Big Picture:  Building a Processor

PC

imm

memory

memory

din dout

addr

target

offset cmpcontrol

=?

new pc

registerfile

inst

extend

+4 +4

A Single cycle processor

alu

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Goals for todayMIPS Datapath

• Memory layout• Control Instructions

Performance• CPI (Cycles Per Instruction) • MIPS (Instructions Per Cycle)• Clock Frequency

Pipelining• Latency vs throuput

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Memory Layout andControl instructions

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MIPS instruction formatsAll MIPS instructions are 32 bits long, has 3 formats

R‐type

I‐type

J‐type 

op rs rt rd shamt func6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 5 bits 5 bits 6 bits

op rs rt immediate6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 16 bits

op immediate (target address)6 bits 26 bits

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MIPS Instruction TypesArithmetic/Logical

• R‐type: result and two source registers, shift amount• I‐type:  16‐bit immediate with sign/zero extension

Memory Access• load/store between registers and memory• word, half‐word and byte operations

Control flow• conditional branches: pc‐relative addresses• jumps: fixed offsets, register absolute

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Memory Instructions

op mnemonic description0x20 LB rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = sign_ext(Mem[offset+R[rs]])0x24 LBU rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = zero_ext(Mem[offset+R[rs]])0x21 LH rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = sign_ext(Mem[offset+R[rs]])0x25 LHU rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = zero_ext(Mem[offset+R[rs]])0x23 LW rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = Mem[offset+R[rs]]0x28 SB rd, offset(rs) Mem[offset+R[rs]] = R[rd]0x29 SH rd, offset(rs) Mem[offset+R[rs]] = R[rd]0x2b SW rd, offset(rs) Mem[offset+R[rs]] =  R[rd]

op rs rd offset6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 16 bits

10101100101000010000000000000100

base + offset addressing

I‐Type

signedoffsets

ex:  = Mem[4+r5] = r1 # SW r1, 4(r5)

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EndiannessEndianness: Ordering of bytes within a memory word

1000 1001 1002 1003

0x12345678

Big Endian = most significant part first (MIPS, networks)

Little Endian = least significant part first (MIPS, x86)

as 4 bytesas 2 halfwords

as 1 word

1000 1001 1002 1003

0x12345678

as 4 bytesas 2 halfwords

as 1 word

0x78 0x56 0x34 0x120x5678 0x1234

0x12 0x34 0x56 0x780x1234 0x5678

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Memory LayoutExamples (big/little endian):# r5 contains 5 (0x00000005)

SB r5, 2(r0)LB r6, 2(r0)# R[r6] = 0x05

SW r5, 8(r0)LB r7, 8(r0)LB r8, 11(r0)# R[r7] = 0x00# R[r8] = 0x05

0x000000000x000000010x000000020x000000030x000000040x000000050x000000060x000000070x000000080x000000090x0000000a0x0000000b...0xffffffff

0x05

0x000x000x000x05

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MIPS Instruction TypesArithmetic/Logical

• R‐type: result and two source registers, shift amount• I‐type:  16‐bit immediate with sign/zero extension

Memory Access• load/store between registers and memory• word, half‐word and byte operations

Control flow• conditional branches: pc‐relative addresses• jumps: fixed offsets, register absolute

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Control Flow: Absolute Jump

Absolute addressing for jumps• Jump from 0x30000000 to 0x20000000?  NO  Reverse? NO

– But: Jumps from 0x2FFFFFFF to 0x3xxxxxxx are possible, but not reverse• Trade‐off: out‐of‐region jumps vs. 32‐bit instruction encoding

MIPS Quirk:• jump targets computed using already incremented PC 

op Mnemonic Description0x2 J  target PC = target

op immediate6 bits 26 bits

00001010100001001000011000000011

J‐Type

op Mnemonic Description0x2 J  target PC = target || 00op Mnemonic Description0x2 J  target PC = (PC+4)31..28 || target || 00ex: j 0xa12180c  (== j 1010 0001 0010 0001 1000 0000 11 || 00)

PC = (PC+4)31..28||0xa12180c(PC+4)31..28 will be the same

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Absolute Jump

tgt

+4

||

Data Mem

addr

ext

5 5 5

Reg.File

PC

Prog.Mem

ALUinst

control

immJ

op Mnemonic Description0x2 J  target PC = (PC+4)31..28 || target || 00

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Control Flow: Jump Register

op rs ‐ ‐ ‐ func6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 5 bits 5 bits 6 bits

00000000011000000000000000001000

op func mnemonic description0x0 0x08 JR rs PC = R[rs]

R‐Type

ex: JR r3

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Jump Register

+4

||tgt

Data Mem

addr

ext

5 5 5

Reg.File

PC

Prog.Mem

ALUinst

control

imm

op func mnemonic description0x0 0x08 JR rs PC = R[rs]

R[r3]

JR

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Examples E.g. Use Jump or Jump Register instruction tojump to 0xabcd1234

But, what about a jump based on a condition?# assume 0 <= r3 <= 1if (r3 == 0) jump to 0xdecafe00else jump to 0xabcd1234

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Control Flow: Branches

op mnemonic description0x4 BEQ rs, rd, offset if R[rs] == R[rd] then PC = PC+4 + (offset<<2)0x5 BNE rs, rd, offset if R[rs] != R[rd] then PC = PC+4 + (offset<<2)

op rs rd offset6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 16 bits

00010000101000010000000000000011

signed offsets

I‐Type

ex: BEQ r5, r1, 3If(R[r5]==R[r1]) then PC = PC+4 + 12  (i.e. 12 == 3<<2)

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Examples (2)

if (i == j) { i = i * 4; } else { j = i ‐ j; }

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Absolute Jump

tgt

+4

||

Data Mem

addr

ext

5 5 5

Reg.File

PC

Prog.Mem

ALUinst

control

imm

offset

+

Could have used ALU for branch add

=?

Could have used ALU for branch cmp

op mnemonic description0x4 BEQ rs, rd, offset if R[rs] == R[rd] then PC = PC+4 + (offset<<2)0x5 BNE rs, rd, offset if R[rs] != R[rd] then PC = PC+4 + (offset<<2)

R[r5]

BEQ

R[r1]

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Control Flow: More Branches

op rs subop offset6 bits 5 bits 5 bits 16 bits

00000100101000010000000000000010

signed offsets

almost I‐Type

op subop mnemonic description0x1 0x0 BLTZ rs, offset if R[rs] < 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x1 0x1 BGEZ rs, offset if R[rs] ≥ 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x6 0x0 BLEZ rs, offset if R[rs] ≤ 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x7 0x0 BGTZ rs, offset if R[rs] > 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)

Conditional Jumps (cont.)

ex: BGEZ r5, 2If(R[r5] ≥ 0) then PC = PC+4 + 8  (i.e. 8 == 2<<2)

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Absolute Jump

tgt

+4

||

Data Mem

addr

ext

5 5 5

Reg.File

PC

Prog.Mem

ALUinst

control

imm

offset

+

Could have used ALU for branch cmp

=?

cmp

op subop mnemonic description0x1 0x0 BLTZ rs, offset if R[rs] < 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x1 0x1 BGEZ rs, offset if R[rs] ≥ 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x6 0x0 BLEZ rs, offset if R[rs] ≤ 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)0x7 0x0 BGTZ rs, offset if R[rs] > 0 then PC = PC+4+ (offset<<2)

R[r5]

BEQ

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Control Flow: Jump and Link

op mnemonic description0x3 JAL  target r31 = PC+8 (+8 due to branch delay slot)

PC = (PC+4)31..28 || (target << 2)

op immediate6 bits 26 bits

00001100000001001000011000000010

J‐Type

Function/procedure calls

op mnemonic description0x2 J  target PC = (PC+4)31..28 || (target << 2)

Discuss later

ex: JAL 0x0121808  (== JAL 0000 0001 0010 0001 1000 0000 10 <<2)r31 = PC+8PC = (PC+4)31..28||0x0121808

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Absolute Jump

tgt

+4

||

Data Mem

addr

ext

5 5 5

Reg.File

PC

Prog.Mem

ALUinst

control

imm

offset

+

=?

cmp

Could have used ALU for link add

+4

op mnemonic description0x3 JAL  target r31 = PC+8 (+8 due to branch delay slot)

PC = (PC+4)31..28 || (target << 2)

R[r31]PC+8

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Goals for todayMIPS Datapath

• Memory layout• Control Instructions

Performance• CPI (Cycles Per Instruction) • MIPS (Instructions Per Cycle)• Clock Frequency

Pipelining• Latency vs throughput

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Next GoalHow do we measure performance?What is the performance of a single cycle CPU? 

See: P&H 1.4

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PerformanceHow to measure performance?

• GHz (billions of cycles per second)• MIPS (millions of instructions per second) • MFLOPS (millions of floating point operations per second)

• Benchmarks (SPEC, TPC, …)

Metrics• latency: how long to finish my program• throughput: how much work finished per unit time

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What instruction has the longest pathA) LWB) SWC) ADD/SUB/AND/OR/etcD) BEQE) J 

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Latency: Processor Clock Cycle

alu

PC

imm

memory

memory

din dout

addr

target

offset cmpcontrol

=?

extend

new pc

registerfile

op mnemonic description0x20 LB rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = sign_ext(Mem[offset+R[rs]])0x23 LW rd, offset(rs) R[rd] = Mem[offset+R[rs]]0x28 SB rd, offset(rs) Mem[offset+R[rs]] = R[rd]0x2b SW rd, offset(rs) Mem[offset+R[rs]] =  R[rd]

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Latency: Processor Clock CycleCritical Path

• Longest path from a register output to a register input• Determines minimum cycle, maximum clock frequency

How do we make the CPU perform better (e.g. cheaper, cooler, go “faster”, …)?

• Optimize for delay on the critical path• Optimize for size / power / simplicity elsewhere 

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Design GoalsWhat to look for in a computer system?•Correctness?•Cost–purchase cost = f(silicon size = gate count, economics)–operating cost = f(energy, cooling) –operating cost >= purchase cost

•Efficiency–power = f(transistor usage, voltage, wire size, clock rate, …)–heat = f(power)Intel Core i7 Bloomfield: 130 WattsAMD Turion: 35 WattsIntel Core 2 Solo: 5.5 WattsCortex‐A9 Dual Core @800MHz: 0.4 Watts

•Performance•Other: availability, size, greenness, features, …

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Latency: Optimize Delay on Critical PathE.g. Adder performance

32 Bit Adder Design Space TimeRipple Carry ≈ 300 gates ≈ 64 gate delays2‐Way Carry‐Skip ≈ 360 gates ≈ 35 gate delays3‐Way Carry‐Skip ≈ 500 gates ≈ 22 gate delays4‐Way Carry‐Skip ≈ 600 gates ≈ 18 gate delays2‐Way Look‐Ahead ≈ 550 gates ≈ 16 gate delaysSplit Look‐Ahead ≈ 800 gates ≈ 10 gate delaysFull Look‐Ahead ≈ 1200 gates ≈ 5 gate delays

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Throughput: Multi‐Cycle InstructionsStrategy 2

• Multiple cycles to complete a single instruction

E.g: Assume:• load/store: 100 ns• arithmetic: 50 ns• branches: 33 ns

Multi‐Cycle CPU30 MHz (33 ns cycle) with– 3 cycles per load/store– 2 cycles per arithmetic– 1 cycle per branch

Faster than Single‐Cycle CPU?10 MHz (100 ns cycle) with– 1 cycle per instruction

ms = 10‐3 secondus = 10‐6 secondsns = 10‐9 seconds

10 MHz

20 MHz

30 MHz

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Cycles Per Instruction (CPI)Instruction mix for some program P, assume:

• 25% load/store  ( 3 cycles / instruction)• 60% arithmetic  ( 2 cycles / instruction)• 15% branches    ( 1 cycle / instruction)

Multi‐Cycle performance for program P:3 * .25 + 2 * .60 + 1 * .15 = 2.1average cycles per instruction (CPI) = 2.1

Multi‐Cycle @ 30 MHz

Single‐Cycle @ 10 MHz

800 MHz PIII “faster” than 1 GHz P4

30M cycles/sec 2.1 cycles/instr ≈15 MIPSvs10 MIPS

MIPS = millions of instructions per second

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ExampleGoal: Make Multi‐Cycle @ 30 MHz CPU (15MIPS) run 2x faster by making arithmetic instructions faster

Instruction mix (for P):• 25% load/store,  CPI = 3 • 60% arithmetic,  CPI = 2• 15% branches,    CPI = 1

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ExampleGoal: Make Multi‐Cycle @ 30 MHz CPU (15MIPS) run 2x faster by making arithmetic instructions faster

Instruction mix (for P):• 25% load/store,  CPI = 3 • 60% arithmetic,  CPI = 2• 15% branches,    CPI = 1

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Amdahl’s LawAmdahl’s LawExecution time after improvement =

Or:Speedup is limited by popularity of improved feature

Corollary: Make the common case fast

Caveat:Law of diminishing returns

execution time affected by improvement

amount of improvement+  execution time unaffected

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AdministriviaRequired: partner for group project

Project1 (PA1) and Homework2 (HW2) are both outPA1 Design Doc and HW2 due in one week, start earlyWork alone on HW2, but in group for PA1Save your work!

• Save often.  Verify file is non‐zero.  Periodically save to Dropbox, email.

• Beware of MacOSX 10.5 (leopard) and 10.6 (snow‐leopard)

Use your resources• Lab Section, Piazza.com, Office Hours,  Homework Help Session,• Class notes, book, Sections, CSUGLab

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Administrivia

Check online syllabus/schedule • http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/CS3410/2013sp/schedule.htmlSlides and Reading for lecturesOffice HoursHomework and Programming AssignmentsPrelims (in evenings): 

• Tuesday, February 26th

• Thursday, March 28th

• Thursday, April 25th

Schedule is subject to change

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Collaboration, Late, Re‐grading Policies“Black Board” Collaboration Policy• Can discuss approach together on a “black board”• Leave and write up solution independently• Do not copy solutions

Late Policy• Each person has a total of four “slip days”• Max of two slip days for any individual assignment• Slip days deducted first for any late assignment, cannot selectively apply slip days

• For projects, slip days are deducted from all partners • 20% deducted per day late after slip days are exhausted

Regrade policy• Submit written request to lead TA, 

and lead TA will pick a different grader • Submit another written request, 

lead TA will regrade directly • Submit yet another written request for professor to regrade.

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Pipelining

See: P&H Chapter 4.5

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The KidsAlice

Bob

They don’t always get along…

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The Bicycle

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The Materials

Saw Drill

Glue Paint

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The InstructionsN pieces, each built following same sequence:

Saw Drill Glue Paint

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Design 1: Sequential Schedule

Alice owns the roomBob can enter when Alice is finishedRepeat for remaining tasksNo possibility for conflicts

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Elapsed Time for Alice: 4Elapsed Time for Bob: 4Total elapsed time: 4*NCan we do better?

Sequential Performancetime1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 …

Latency:Throughput:Concurrency: 

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Design 2: Pipelined DesignPartition room into stages of a pipeline

One person owns a stage at a time4 stages4 people working simultaneouslyEveryone moves right in lockstep

AliceBobCarolDave

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Pipelined Performancetime1 2 3 4 5 6 7…

Latency:Throughput:Concurrency: 

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Pipeline Hazards

0h 1h 2h 3h…

Q: What if glue step of task 3 depends on output of task 1?

Latency:Throughput:Concurrency: 

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LessonsPrinciple:

Throughput increased by parallel execution

Pipelining:• Identify pipeline stages• Isolate stages from each other• Resolve pipeline hazards (next week)

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A Processor

alu

PC

imm

memory

memory

din dout

addr

target

offset cmpcontrol

=?

new pc

registerfile

inst

extend

+4 +4

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Write‐BackMemory

InstructionFetch Execute

InstructionDecode

registerfile

control

A Processor

alu

imm

memory

din dout

addr

inst

PC

memory

computejump/branch

targets

new pc

+4

extend

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Basic PipelineFive stage “RISC” load‐store architecture1. Instruction fetch (IF)

– get instruction from memory, increment PC2. Instruction Decode (ID)

– translate opcode into control signals and read registers3. Execute (EX)

– perform ALU operation,  compute jump/branch targets4.Memory (MEM)

– access memory if needed5.Writeback (WB)

– update register file

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Principles of Pipelined ImplementationBreak instructions across multiple clock cycles (five, in this case)

Design a separate stage for the execution performed during each clock cycle

Add pipeline registers (flip‐flops) to isolate signals between different stages