Q50

Instruction execution in a processor is divided into $5$ stages, Instruction Fetch (IF), Instruction Decode (ID), Operand fetch (OF), Execute (EX), and Write Back (WB). These stages take 5, 4, 20, 10 and 3 nanoseconds (ns) respectively. A pipelined implementation of the processor requires buffering between each pair of consecutive stages with a delay of 2 ns. Two pipelined implementation of the processor are contemplated: The speedup (correct to two decimal places) achieved by EP over NP in executing $20$ independent instructions with no hazards is _________ .