A computer is designed to use a 4-stage pipeline and each stage needs 2 nsec to

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A computer is designed to use a 4-stage pipeline and each stage needs 2 nsec to complete its job. a) how much time does it take for the computer to complete the execution of one instruction? b) what MIPS can computer reach? A computer is designed to use a 4-stage pipeline and each stage needs 2 nsec to complete its job. a) how much time does it take for the computer to complete the execution of one instruction? b) what MIPS can computer reach? a) how much time does it take for the computer to complete the execution of one instruction? b) what MIPS can computer reach?

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Pipeline machine
a) Since all stages have same length in pipeline each would be equal to (largest stage + overhead)
i.e 2 + overhead.

b) This computer can reach MIPS upto 0.5 ns (i.e., 1/2 ns)

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