- indicates an invalid instruction in the corresponding stage (i.e. a pipeline bubble) At the end Contents of pipeline latches of cycle DE latches AGEX latches MEM latches SR latches 1 - - - - (icache miss) 2 ADD R0 - - - 3 ADD R1 ADD R0 - - 4 ADD R2 ADD R1 ADD R0 - 5 ADD R3 ADD R2 ADD R1 ADD R0 6 HALT ADD R3 ADD R2 ADD R1 7 - HALT ADD R3 ADD R2 (br.stall) 8 - - HALT ADD R3 (br.stall) 9 - - - HALT (br.stall) 10 <------------------ HALTED ------------------->