A CPU has a clock rating of 3.2 GHz, and half of each clock cycle is used for fetching and the other half for execution.
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:59 am
A CPU has a clock rating of 3.2 GHz, and half of each clock cycle is used for fetching and the other half for execution.
Questions
(1) What access time is required of primary storage for the CPU to execute with zero wait states? (answer in nanoseconds)
(2) How many wait states per fetch will the CPU incur if all primary storage is implemented with 5 ns SRAM? (answer in number of wait states)
(3) How many wait states per fetch will the CPU incur if all primary storage is implemented with 10 ns SDRAM? (answer in number of wait states)
Questions
(1) What access time is required of primary storage for the CPU to execute with zero wait states? (answer in nanoseconds)
(2) How many wait states per fetch will the CPU incur if all primary storage is implemented with 5 ns SRAM? (answer in number of wait states)
(3) How many wait states per fetch will the CPU incur if all primary storage is implemented with 10 ns SDRAM? (answer in number of wait states)