Question

The number of instructions that can be executed per clock cycle by the ALU or AGU is

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

The question was asked in a national level competition.

I need to ask this question from Rapid Execution Module, Memory Subsystem,  Hyperthreading Technology in portion Pentium 4 processor of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) 2

Best explanation: As the speed of the units, ALU and AGU are doubled, which means that twice the number of instructions being executed per clock cycle.