We have a CPU with the following specification: 200 picosecond clock, miss penalty of 50 clock cycles, miss rate of 0.02 misses/instruction, and hit time of 1 clock cycle. 1.1. What is the Average Memory Access Time (AMAT)?
Give your number (decimal) in ps (picoseconds):
1.2. Which improvement would be best for this CPU?
a. 190 ps clock
b. Miss penalty of 40 clock cycles
c. Miss rate of 0.015 misses/instruction