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    BIM305 Computer Organization

    Assignment – 1
    This assignment consists of six questions. Submit single PDF file for your answers.
    • You have to work ALONE.
    • Anyone found cheating will be assigned 0 point.

    1. Consider two different implementations, P1 and P2, of the same instruction set. There
    are five classes of instructions (A, B, C, D, and E) in the instruction set. The clock rate
    and CPI of each class is given below.

    Machine Clock Rate CPI A CPI B CPI C CPI D CPI E

    P1 1.0 GHz 1 1 2 3 2

    P2 1.5 GHz 1 2 3 2 3

    If the number of instructions executed in a certain program is divided equally among the
    classes of instructions except for class A, which occurs twice as often as each of the others:
    Which computer is faster? How much faster is it? (20p)

    2. Suppose that there are two implementations of the same instruction set architecture.
    Machine A has a clock cycle time of 20ns and an effective CPI of 1.5 for some program,
    and machine B has a clock cycle time of 15ns and an effective CPI of 1.0 for the same
    program. Which machine is faster for this program, and by how much? (20p)

    3. Compilers can have a profound impact on the performance of an application. Assume


    that for a program, compiler A results in a dynamic instruction count of 1.0E9 and has an
    execution time of 1.1 s, while compiler B results in a dynamic instruction count of 1.2E9
    and an execution time of 1.5 s.
    a. Find the average CPI for each program given that the processor has a clock
    cycle time of 1 ns. (5p)
    b. Assume the compiled programs run on two different processors. If the execution
    times on the two processors are the same, how much faster is the clock of the
    processor running compiler A’s code versus the clock of the processor running
    compiler B’s code? (5p)
    c. A new compiler is developed that uses only 6.0E8 instructions and has an
    average CPI of 1.1. What is the speedup of using this new compiler versus using
    compiler A or B on the original processor? (5p)
    4. Show the IEEE 754 binary representation for the floating-point number 20.010 in single
    and double precision. (10p)
    5. Assume a 15 cm diameter wafer has a cost of 12, contains 84 dies, and has 0.020
    defects/cm2. Assume a 20 cm diameter wafer has a cost of 15, contains 100 dies, and
    has 0.031 defects/cm2.
    a. Find the yield for both wafers. (5p)
    b. Find the cost per die for both wafers. (5p)
    c. If the number of dies per wafer is increased by 10% and the defects per area unit
    increases by 15%, find the die area and yield. (5p)
    d. Assume a fabrication process improves the yield from 0.92 to 0.95. Find the
    defects per area unit for each version of the technology given a die area of 200
    mm2. (5p)
    6. An instruction set has two implementations named M1 and M2. There are three classes
    of instructions (A, B, and C) in the instruction set. M1 has a clock rate of 80 MHz and M2
    has a clock rate of 100 MHz. The average number of cycles for each instruction class
    and their frequencies (for a typical program) are as follows:

    Instruction Machine M1 – Machine M2 – Frequency


    Class Cycles/Instruction Cycles/Instruction
    Class Class

    A 1 2 40%

    B 2 3 50%

    C 4 4 10%

    a. Calculate the average CPI for each machine, M1, and M2. (5p)
    b. Calculate the average Millions of Instructions per Second (MIPS) ratings for each
    machine, M1 and M2. (5p)
    c. Which machine has a smaller MIPS rating? Which individual instruction class CPI
    do you need to change, and by how much, to have this machine have the same
    or better performance as the machine with the higher MIPS rating (you can only
    change the CPI for one of the instruction classes on the slower machine)? (5p)

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