GATE | CSE 2023 | Question 34

Consider a 3-stage pipelined processor having a delay of 10 ns (nanoseconds), 20 ns, and 14 ns, for the first, second, and third stages, respectively. Assume that there is no other delay and the processor does not suffer from any pipeline hazards. Also, assume that one instruction is fetched every cycle.

The total  execution  time  for  executing  100  instructions  on  this  processor  is _____________ ns

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)