Question

When an instruction depends on the results of the previous instructions then

(a) error occurs

(b) software fault occurs

(c) data dependency occurs

(d) hardware fault occurs

I have been asked this question in homework.

My doubt stems from Hybrid Architecture -RISC and CISC Convergence, Advantages of RISC, Design Issues of RISC Processors -2 topic in section RISC Architecture of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Right option is (c) data dependency occurs

To explain: A data dependency occurs when an instruction depends on the results of the previous instructions.