computer organization and design$($David A$.$ Patterson$)$

$6\mathrm{.}1[5]$$$6\mathrm{.}1>$ If the time for an ALU operation can be shortened by $25\%($com$-$

pared to the description in Figure $6\mathrm{.}2$ on page $373)$;

a$.$ Will it affect the speedup obtained from pipelining? If yes, by how much?

Otherwise, why?

b$.$ What if the ALU operation now takes $25\%$ more time? Total time for each instruction