Question: One pitfall cited in Section 1.10 is expecting to improve the overall performance of a computer by improving only one aspect of the computer. Consider

  1. One pitfall cited in Section 1.10 is expecting to improve the overall performance of a computer by improving only one aspect of the computer. Consider a computer running a program that requires 250s, with 70s spent executing FP instructions, 55s executing INT instructions, 85s executed L/S instructions, and 40s spent executing branch instructions.

    1. By how much is the total time reduced if the time for FP operations is reduced by 20%
    2. By how much is the time for INT operations reduced if the total time is reduced by 20%
    3. Can the total time can be reduced by 20% by reducing only the time for branch instructions

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