No backpressure - the pipeline shifts anyway The consumer stops accepting. The pipeline does not care. CYCLE 0 DATA LOST 0 PRODUCER Memory A pushing blindly STAGE 1emptySTAGE 2emptySTAGE 3empty CONSUMER Memory B overwritten - gone A no ready signal - nobody upstream is listening clkoutput_readyinput_readynew item inresult out
space = play/pause · → = step · R = reset · M = switch mode