7.8 - Victim Caches
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Practice Questions
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What is a victim cache?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when higher cache data is removed.
What type of cache miss does a victim cache help reduce?
💡 Hint: Consider what conflicts arise in caching systems.
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What does a victim cache primarily aim to reduce?
💡 Hint: Refer back to the definition of conflict misses.
True or False: A victim cache is a dedicated space for storing frequent data accesses.
💡 Hint: Think about the role of eviction in caches.
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A CPU architecture has a victim cache that holds 64 entries. How would you design it to optimize the retrieval of evicted data from a direct-mapped cache?
💡 Hint: Think about how the organization affects cache retrieval.
In a system experiencing frequent conflict misses, would implementing a victim cache from the start be more effective than resizing the primary cache? Discuss your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Think about the specific issues with conflict misses.
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