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Q164ArchIntelASIC interview problem

Separate Pipeline Frequency, Throughput, and Latency

TechniquesArchPipelineRegisters
DifficultyMedium
TopicComputer Architecture
LanguageSystemVerilog
Format4 choices
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Problem

An unpipelined function has 12 ns of combinational delay and accepts a new item only after the current result. Two register boundaries split it into three balanced 4 ns stages. Register overhead is ignored for this exercise. Which performance statement is correct?

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Answer choices (4)