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ELEN 350Multi-Cycle Datapath Adapted from the lecture notes of John Kubiatowicz (UCB) and Hank Walker (TAMU) Abstract View of our single cycle processor looks like a FSM with PC as state What’s wrong with our CPI=1 processor? All instructions take as much time as the slowest Long Cycle Time Real memory is not as nice as our idealized memory cannot always get the job done in one (short) cycle Reducing Cycle Time Cut combinational dependency graph and insert register / latch Do same work in two fast cycles, rather than one slow one May be able to short-circuit path and remove some components