Question: A computer runs an instruction set with the characteristics in the following table. What is the average number of cycles per instruction? Class Arithmetic operations

A computer runs an instruction set with the characteristics in the following table. 

Class Arithmetic operations Conditional operations Load Store Hit rate Cost of a cache miss (read)

What is the average number of cycles per instruction?

Class Arithmetic operations Conditional operations Load Store Hit rate Cost of a cache miss (read) Write-through time Instruction Frequency 70% 15% 10% 5% 95% 10 cycles 5 cycles (writes to memory are not buffered) Cycles 1 cycle 2 cycles 2 cycles 2 cycles Cengage Learning 2014

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