Fe1
1st fetch
stage
ARM DDI 0301H
ID012310
Fe2
De
Register
2nd fetch
Instruction
read and
stage
decode
instruction
issue
Common decode pipeline
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Ex1
Ex2
Sh
ALU
Not used
Not used
Iss
MAC1
MAC2
1st
2nd
multiply
multiply
stage
stage
ADD
DC1
Not used
Not used
Not used
Ex3
Sat
Not used
WBex
Base
register
MAC3
writeback
3rd
multiply
stage
DC2
WBls
Not used
Not used
Figure 1-5 Typical multiply operation
Introduction
ALU
pipeline
Multiply
pipeline
Load/store
pipeline
Hit under
miss
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