The floating point unit of a processor using a design D takes 2t cycles…

GATE · 2007 · IT

The floating point unit of a processor using a design D takes 2t cycles compared to t cycles taken by the fixed point unit. There are two more design suggestions D1 and D2. D1 uses 30% more cycles for fixed point unit but 30% less cycles for floating point unit as compared to design D. D2 uses 40% less cycles for fixed point unit but 10% more cycles for floating point unit as compared to design D. For a given program which has 80% fixed point operations and 20% floating point operations, which of the following ordering reflects the relative performances of three designs?

(Di > Dj denotes that Di is faster than Dj)

  1. A.

    D1 > D > D2

  2. B.

    D2 > D > D1

  3. C.

    D > D2 > D1

  4. D.

    D > D1 > D2

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