GATE CS 2025 Set 2 — Question 61

NAT+2 / -0MediumInstruction TypesInstructions & Addressing ModesComputer Organization & ArchitectureSpeedup & EfficiencyInstruction Pipelining

Computer Organization & Architecture → Instruction Pipelining → Instruction Types

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6.4 \times 10^8

Instruction type	Clock cycles required per instruction (CPI)	Number of instructions executed
Branch	2	$2.25 \times 10^8$
Load	5	$1.20 \times 10^8$
Store	4	$1.65 \times 10^8$
Arithmetic	3	$1.30 \times 10^8$

C_{total}

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2^{32}