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A memory system has the following performance characteristics:
Cache Tag Check time: 1ns
Cache Read Time: 1ns
Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Memory Access time (Time to start memory operation): 10 ns
Memory Transfer time: 1ns/memory word
Memory Word: 16 bytes
The processor is pipelined and has a clock cycle of 500 MHz. The memory operation occupies one stage in the pipeline. If it takes longer, the pipeline is stalled.
How much time in nanoseconds does each pipeline stage take?
2nsec