The operation times for the major functional units are 200ps for memory access, 200ps for ALU operation, and 100ps for register file read or write. For example, in single-cycle design, the time required for every instruction is 800ps due to lw instruction (instruction fetch, register read, ALU operation, data access, and register write). Here, we only consider lw instruction for speedup comparison. [2 pts]

a. If the time for an ALU operation can be shortened by 25%, will it affect the speedup obtained from pipelining? If yes, why? Otherwise, why?

b. What if the ALU operation now takes 25% more time? Will it affect the speedup obtained from pipelining? If yes, why? Otherwise, why? Then what is clock cycle time?

Determine which of the four levels of measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) is most appropriate for the data below. internet speed levels of "fast comma " "medium comma " and "slow" choose the correct answer below. a. the ordinal level of measurement is most appropriate because the data can be ordered comma but differences left parenthesis obtained by subtraction right parenthesis cannot be found or are meaningless. nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing b. the interval level of measurement is most appropriate because the data can be ordered comma differences left parenthesis obtained by subtraction right parenthesis can be found and are meaningful comma and there is no natural starting point. c. the nominal level of measurement is most appropriate because the data cannot be ordered. nothing d. the ratio level of measurement is most appropriate because the data can be ordered comma differences left parenthesis obtained by subtraction right parenthesis can be found and are meaningful comma and there is a natural starting point.

Write a program that uses a widgetviewer object to do the following: generate two random integers between 1 and 9 (inclusive). name one of them x, the other y. display them to the user using jlabel objects. create a jlabel object displaying the text "enter an operation number." create a jtextfield for the user's input. create a jbutton displaying the text "press here when you've entered your operation." use addandwait to add it to the widgetviewer object. when the user clicks the jbutton, evaluate operation in the following order to determine the one and only mathematical operation to perform on x and y. use a jlabel to display the result. if operation is between 1 and 10 inclusive, add x and y. if operation is evenly divisible by 4, subtract y from x. if operation is evenly divisible by 5, use integer division to divide y into x. if operation is an even number, use floating point division to divide y into x. if none of the other tests on operation apply, multiply x and y. note: operation can be negative or zero.

The total cost of textbooks for the term was collected from 36 students. create a histogram for this data. $140 $160 $160 $165 $180 $220 $235 $240 $250 $260 $280 $285 $285 $285 $290 $300 $300 $305 $310 $310 $315 $315 $320 $320 $330 $340 $345 $350 $355 $360 $360 $380 $395 $420 $460 $460