Consider a 5-segment pipeline with a clock cycle time 20 ns in each sub operation. Find out the approximate speed-up ratio between pipelined and non-pipelined system to execute 100 instructions. (If an average, every five cycles, a bubble due to data hazard has to be introduced in the pipeline)
- A. 5
- B. 4.03
- C. 4.81
- D. 4.17
Answer: B. 4.03