An instruction pipeline is a technique used in the design of computers and other digital electronic devices to increase their instruction throughput -LRB- the number of instructions that can be executed in a unit of time -RRB- .

An instruction pipeline is a technique used in the design of modern microprocessors , microcontrollers and CPUs to increase their instruction throughput -LRB- the number of instructions that can be executed in a unit of time -RRB- .
