Question

__________ is the bottleneck, when it comes computer performance.

(a) Memory access time

(b) Memory cycle time

(c) Delay

(d) Latency

I had been asked this question during an internship interview.

This interesting question is from Static Memories in division Memory System of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

Right option is (b) Memory cycle time

To explain I would say: The processor can execute instructions faster than they’re fetched, hence cycle time is the bottleneck for performance.