ISP Information:
The technique of processing multiple parts of an instruction at the same time. Many processors have two or more instruction pipelines--think of them as automobile assembly lines. As one instruction is executed, the next instruction is being decoded, and the one after that is being fetched from memory (i.e., Ellen welds the frame of one car, while Frank paints another one, and Jimmy puts the tires onto the finished frame ISP Glossary:
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