Instruction Level Parallelism

Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) refers to a computer processor's ability to execute multiple instructions simultaneously, rather than one after the other. Think of it like a team working on different parts of a project at the same time to finish faster. Modern processors identify independent instructions that don’t depend on each other and run them concurrently, improving overall performance. ILP leverages techniques like pipelining and multiple execution units to maximize efficiency, enabling quicker processing of complex tasks and making computers faster at handling programs.