A processor takes 12 cycles to complete an instruction I. The corresponding…
GATE · 2007 · ITISRO Scientist/Engineer SC · 2011 · Computer Science
A processor takes 12 cycles to complete an instruction I. The corresponding pipelined processor uses 6 stages with the execution times of 3, 2, 5, 4, 6 and 2 cycles respectively. What is the asymptotic speedup assuming that a very large number of instructions are to be executed?
- A.
1.83
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
6
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