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A CPU has a five-stage pipeline and runs at 1 GHz frequency. Instruction fetch happens in the first stage of the pipeline. A conditional branch instruction computes the target address and evaluates the condition in the third stage of the pipeline. The processor stops fetching new instructions following a conditional branch until the branch outcome is known. A program executes 109 instructions out of which 20% are conditional branches. If each instruction takes one cycle to complete on average, the total execution time of the program is:
Correct Answer: C
Question 14 Explanation:
No. of total instructions = 109
20% are condition branches out of 109
⇒ 20/100 × 109
⇒ 2 × 108
In third stage of pipeline it consists of 2 stage cycles.
Total cycle penalty = 2 × 2 × 108 = 4 × 108
Clock speed = 1 GHz
Each Instruction takes 1 cycle i.e., 109 instructions.
Total execution time of a program is
= (109 / 109) +((4× 108) / 109) = 1+0.4 = 1.4 seconds
20% are condition branches out of 109
⇒ 20/100 × 109
⇒ 2 × 108
In third stage of pipeline it consists of 2 stage cycles.
Total cycle penalty = 2 × 2 × 108 = 4 × 108
Clock speed = 1 GHz
Each Instruction takes 1 cycle i.e., 109 instructions.
Total execution time of a program is
= (109 / 109) +((4× 108) / 109) = 1+0.4 = 1.4 seconds
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