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Question

A device with data transfer rate 10KB/sec
is connected to a CPU. Data is transferred
bytewise. Let the interrupt overhead be 4μ
sec. The byte transfer time between the device
interface register and CPU or memory is
negligible. What is the minimum performance
gain of operating the device under interrupt
mode over operating is under program
controlled mode?

A
35
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15
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C
45
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D
25
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Solution

The correct option is D 25
ETProgIO :
10kB 1 sec
1B ? sec
ETProgIO=100 μsec
ETINTIO=4 μsec
S=100/4
=25

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