Computers & Technology

Marisa Rush

5 October, 21:20

A computer has the following parameters Operation Frequency Cycles Arithmetic/Logical instructions 65% 1 Register load operations 10% 5 Register store operations 5% 2 Conditional branch instructions 20% 8 If the average performance of the computer (in terms of CPI) is to be increased by 20% while executing the same instruction mix, what target must be achieved for the cycles per conditional branch instruction? Your answer must be in whole cycles only.