In the motion estimator we first spent some effort determining the speed of the critical path. Why?

Question

In the motion estimator we first spent some effort determining the speed of the critical path.  Why?

Accepted Answer

Since the throughput was fixed, this was needed so we could determine the how many of these units we needed in parallel.

Answer

This step was not actually necessary.

Answer

So that we could work out a clock period.

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