Consider an unpipelined or single-stage processor design like the one discussed in slide 6 of lecture 17. At the start of a cycle, a new instruction enters the processor and is processed completely within a single cycle. It takes 2,000 ps to navigate all the circuits in a cycle (including latch overheads). Therefore, for this design to work, the cycle time has to be at least 2,000 pico seconds.

What is the clock speed of this processor?

The clock speed of this processor is 2GHz

Explanation:

The clock speed of this processor is calculated as follows

clock speed = 1/2000ps

Note; pico seconds = ps = 1*10^(-12)

Therefore,

clock speed = 1/{2000*10^(-12)} = 1/{20^(-9)} = 20^9 Hz = 2GHz

The clock speed = 0.5Ghz

Explanation:

Given Data:

Cycle time = 200pico seconds

Since 1 Pico = 10⁻¹²,

Cycle time = 2000 * 10⁻¹² seconds

To calculate clock speed, we use the formula;

Clock speed = 1/cycle time

Substituting into the formula, we have

Clock speed = 1/ 2000 * 10⁻¹²

                      = 1/2*10⁻⁹

                      =500,000,000Hz

Putting it in its simplest form, we have

Since 1 gaga = 1,000,000,000

Therefore,  500,000,000Hz/1,000,000,000 = 0.5Ghz

Clock speed = 0.5Ghz

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