Hello This may be a strange question for this area, but it seems like the closest fit! How would I go about finding the size, and execution time of an Instruction Set? Thanks.
Off-hand, I don't know. My best guess would be to look at whatever whitepapers are available from Intel and AMD.
Execution time is used loosely, either with CPU time or real time. For the exact execution time (real) you need to find the number of clock cycles the program uses. It also of course depends on the CPU used as well as the instruction set. E.g. Execution time = (Instruction count for program * CPI) / Clock speed Where CPI is the average number of clock cycles used per instruction. (CPU clock cycles/no. of instructions). The number of instructions can be found with a low level analyser for assembly.
Ok. I think i understand that. What effect does the chip architecture have on the calculations? (eg - 16, 32 or 64 bit)
