Assume an Instruction Cache Miss Rate for Gcc of 2

question 13

Essay

Assume an instruction cache miss rate for gcc of 2% and a data cache miss rate of 4%. If a machine has a CPI of 2 without any memory stalls and the miss penalty is 40 cycles for all misses, determine how much faster a machine would run with a perfect cache that never missed. Assume 36% of instructions are loads/stores.

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