Practice Fully Associative Cache Placement (6.2.3) - Associative and Multi-level Caches
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Fully Associative Cache Placement

Practice - Fully Associative Cache Placement

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a fully associative cache?

💡 Hint: Think about flexibility.

Question 2 Easy

How does a direct mapped cache operate?

💡 Hint: Check the strictness of mapping.

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Question 1

What type of cache allows a block to be placed in any line?

Direct mapped
Set associative
Fully associative

💡 Hint: Remember 'flexibility' in placement.

Question 2

In a direct mapped cache, does a cache miss occur if the required data is not present?

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about where data can be stored.

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Challenge 1 Hard

A fully associative cache has 4 lines. If blocks 1, 2, and 3 are accessed in order, describe the cache state after each block access assuming they result in misses and are stored in order.

💡 Hint: Consider how each block fills the cache.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the pros and cons of implementing a fully associative cache with an LRU replacement policy versus a direct mapped cache.

💡 Hint: Think about performance and efficiency.

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