申論題

1. You are the lead designer of a new processor. The processor design and compiler are complete, and now you must decide whether to produce the current design as it stands or spend additional time to improve it. Please consider and answer the following problems. 

(b) Optimize the hardware. The hardware team claims that it can improve the processor design to
give it a clock rate of 600 MHz. Call this machine Mopt.
The following measurements have been made using a simulator for Mbase and Mopt.

What are the CPI and MIPS (million instructions per second) rate for Mbase and Mopt? Copy Table
1-1 to your answer sheet and fill in the blanks with your answers.