Suppose we could take the system of Figure 4.32 and divide it into an arbitrary number of pipeline stages k, each having a delay of 300/k, and with each pipeline register having a delay of 20 ps.

A. What would be the latency and the throughput of the system, as functions of k?

B. What would be the ultimate limit on the throughput?

Figure 4.32

50 ps Comb. logic 20 ps 50 ps 20 ps 50 ps 20 ps 50 ps 20 ps 50 ps 20 ps Clock Comb. logic Comb. logic Comb. logic Comb. logic 50 ps 20 ps Comb. logic Delay = 420 ps, throughput = 14.29 GIPS