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- In R4000 some stages are shared (eg R,S,A)
structural hazards possible
- Non-pipelined stages (eg Divide)
- Initiation interval: The number of cycles
after initiation of an operation (eg Divide)
before another Divide can be issued
without structural stall
- Latency: the number of cycles after
initiation of an operation before the
result is available