Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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a) Suppose a processor scans the connected keyboard every 1000 μs. This system is controlled
by an operator through commands entered from the keyboard. The average number of commands
entered in an 10-hour interval is 100. By what fraction would the number of processor visits to the
keyboard be reduced if interrupt-driven I/O were used?

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