Consider three different processors p1, p2, and p3 executing the same instructions set. p1 has a 3 ghz clock rate and a cpi of 1.5. p2 has a 2.5 ghz and cpi of 1.0. p3 has a 4.0 ghz clock rate and has a cpi of 2.2.
a. which processor has the highest performance expressed in instruction per second?
b. if the processors each execute a program in 10 seconds, find the number of cycles and the number of instructions.
c. we are trying to reduce the execution time by 30% but this leads to an increase of 20% in the cpi. what clock rate should we have to get this time reduction.