AziTech is considering the design of a new CPU for its new model of computer systems for 2021. It is considering choosing between two (2) CPU (CPUA and CPUB) implementations based on their performance. Both CPU are expected to have the same instruction set architecture. CPUA has a clock cycle time of 60 ns and CPUB has a clock cycle time of 75 ns. The same number of a particular instruction type is expected to be executed on both CPUs in order to determine which CPU would executes more instructions. CPUA is able to execute 2MB of instructions in 5*106 clock cycles. CPUB executes the same number of instructions in 3*106 clock cycles. a) Using the MIPS performance metric, which of the two (2) CPU should be selected to be implemented in the new computer system. Justify your choice. [9 Marks] b) Compute the execution time for both CPUs. Which CPU is faster?
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2020-06-26T00:47:38-0400
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