ARM Accredited Engineer EN0-001 Question # 11 Topic 2 Discussion

ARM Accredited Engineer EN0-001 Question # 11 Topic 2 Discussion

EN0-001 Exam Topic 2 Question 11 Discussion:
Question #: 11
Topic #: 2

Consider a sequence of five independent instructions running on a pipelined processor. There are no interlocks and no data dependencies between instructions, and each instruction takes one cycle to execute. The processor has three pipeline stages and is not superscalar.

How many cycles does it take to fetch, decode and execute all five instructions in sequence, assuming that there are no pipeline stalls?


A.

5 cycles


B.

7 cycles


C.

8 cycles


D.

15 cycles


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