Question

Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster.

(a) A

(b) B

(c) Both take the same time

(d) Insufficient information

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This question is from Performance of Caches topic in section Memory System of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) A

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