Question
(a) A 500 MHz Pentium III processor takes 2 ms to run a program with 200,000 instructions. A 300 MHz UltraSparc processor takes 1.8 ms to run the same program with 230,000 instructions. What is CPI for each processor for this program?
(b) For the above example, which processor is faster and by how much.
(c) Describe the meaning of the term Instruction Set Architecture.
(d) With the aid of an example, explain how pipelining in microprocessors improves the throughput of instruction execution.