Suppose That We Can Improve the Floating Point Instruction Performance

question 10

Essay

Suppose that we can improve the floating point instruction performance of machine by a factor of 15 (the same floating point instructions run 15 times faster on this new machine). What percent of the instructions must be floating point to achieve a Speedup of at least 4?

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Definitions:

Free Energy

A thermodynamic quantity that indicates the amount of energy in a system that is available to do work at a constant temperature and pressure.

Entropy

A measure of disorder or randomness in a system, often associated with the second law of thermodynamics.

Enthalpy

A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system, often used in the study of heat transfer in chemical reactions.

Hydrogen Acceptor

A molecule that receives or accepts hydrogen atoms or ions during a chemical reaction.