Not sure why you're being downvoted, because you're right. To back up parent's point, if you compile the code and the resulting assembly is a direct translatio

Not sure why you're being downvoted, because you're right. To back up parent's point, if you compile the code and the resulting assembly is a direct translation, renaming will break the dependency and the CPU will execute the instructions in parallel. Write after read hazard is the applicable section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_renaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_renaming