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Explain GPU pipeline and execution hazards

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This question evaluates understanding of GPU architecture concepts including the graphics pipeline from vertices to pixels, register read-after-write hazards in pipelined execution, memory behavior, throughput considerations, and execution scheduling, reflecting competency in computer graphics and parallel processor design.

Explain the following GPU architecture topics:

  1. How a modern GPU renders a triangle from input vertices to final pixels.
  2. How register read-after-write dependencies are handled in a pipelined processor or GPU execution pipeline.
  3. What kinds of operations GPUs are especially good at, and why.

Focus on modern graphics hardware concepts, throughput, memory behavior, and execution scheduling.