Question

determine the number of clock cycles that it takes to process 200 tasks in a six segment pipeline

Answer 1

Answer: 205 clock cycles.

Explanation:

Since we have 6 segments and 200 tasks. Then total time required will be k+(n-1), where k= no. of segments, n= No. of tasks,

Therefore, 6+(200-1)=205 clock cycles.

Answer 2

The number of clock cycles that it takes to process 200 tasks in a six segment pipeline is 205

Explanation:

• Let there be 'n' tasks to be performed in the 'pipelined processor'.
• The first instruction will be taking 'k' segment pipeline 'cycles' to exit out of the 'pipeline' but the other 'n - 1' instructions will take only '1' 'cycle' each, i.e, a total of 'n - 1' 'cycles'.
• So, to perform 'n' 'instructions' in a 'pipelined processor' time taken is k + (n - 1) cycles.
• So, in our case number of clock cycles = 6 + (200 -1) = 205