A non-pipelined instruction execution unit that operates at 1.6 GHz clock…

GATE · 2026 · CS · Set 2 · Computer Science & IT

A non-pipelined instruction execution unit that operates at 1.6 GHz clock takes an average of 5 clock cycles to complete the execution of an instruction. To improve the performance, the system was pipelined with a goal of achieving an average throughput of one instruction per clock cycle. However, it could operate only at 1.2 GHz due to pipeline overheads. While executing a program in the pipelined design, 30% of instructions encountered a stall of 2 cycles due to pipeline hazards. The speed-up obtained by the pipelined design over the non-pipelined one for this program is ___________. (rounded off to two decimal places)
Note: 1G=10⁹

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