Name Ali Muhammad Total marks = 20

Mc210200630 th
Deadline
30 of January, 2023

Advance Computer Architecture

(CS501)
Assignment # 02
Fall 2022

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Topic Covered:
 The objective of this assignment is to increase the learning capabilities of the students about
Understanding the
o Input Output Interface
o Interrupt Driven I/O
o Interrupt Hardware and Software
o Interrupt Priority and Nested Interrupts

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Question 20 marks

A processor with a 500 MHz clock requires 1000 clock cycles to perform a context switch and
start an ISR. Assume each interrupt takes 10,000 cycles to execute the ISR and the device makes
200 interrupt requests per second. Also, assume that the processor polls every 0.5msec during the
time when there are no interrupts. Further assume that polling an I/O device requires 500 cycles.
Compute the following:

a. How many cycles per second does the processor spend handling I/O from the
device if only interrupts are used? [10 marks]

Solution:

The device makes 200 interrupt requests per second, each of which takes time

10000 + 2x1000 (context switching to and from ISR)

= 12,000 cycles.

So a total of 200 x 12,000 = 2,400,000 cycles per second are spent

I/O processing using interrupts.

b. What fraction of the CPU time is used in interrupt handling for part? [10 marks]
Solution:

The percentage of CPU time used in interrupt processing is

2,400,000/(500x106) or 0.48%.