A non-pipeline system takes to process a task. The same task can be processed in six- segment pipeline with a clockcycle of 10ns. Determine approximately the speedup ratio of the pipeline for 500 tasks.

1. A6
2. B4.95
3. C5.7
4. D5.5

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Correct answer: B. 4.95

Explanation

Non-pipelined: 500 × 50 ns = 25,000 ns. Pipelined: (6 + 499) × 10 ns = 5050 ns. Speed-up ≈ 4.95.