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)
- A.
D1 > D > D2
- B.
D2 > D > D1
- C.
D > D2 > D1
- D.
D > D1 > D2
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