Memory latency is(a) average down time (b) time to reference a block of data(c) processor access time (d) the hit rate

An Instruction Length has the following characteristics: Describe two design challenges that have an impact on the length or size of the instruction.

How does cache memory improve the efficiency of a computer's data processing?

ISA Specification a word addressable memory; addressing is 16 bits (i.e. an address is a 16-bit value); word size is 24 bits (i.e. a standard word is a 24-bit value); an instruction is a single word.   1.) What is the total capacity of memory, in bytes?   2.) What is the addressability of this ISA? 3.)What are the sizes of the PC and IR registers? 4.)What are the sizes of the MAR and MDR registers?

A CPU is equipped with a cache. Accessing a word takes 40 clock cycles if the data is not in the cache and 5 clock cycles if the data is in the cache. What is the effective memory access time in clock cycles if the hit ratio is 80%?

The processor requests the cache from main memory while rewriting a block from the write buffer.

Explain the concept of microprogramming in ALU instruction execution. How does microprogramming affect the performance and flexibility of a CPU?

An Instruction Length has the following characteristics: Describe two design challenges that have an impact on the length or size of the instruction.

A CPU is equipped with a cache. If it takes 4 ns to access the data from the cache and 100 ns to access data from the main memory, what is the effective memory access time if the hit ratio is 95%?

An Instruction Length has the following characteristics: Describe two design challenges that have an impact on the length or size of the instruction.