Practice - Memory Address Structure for Cache
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Practice Questions
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What is a cache hit?
💡 Hint: Think about speed.
What does locality of reference mean?
💡 Hint: Consider where data is stored.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What happens when a cache miss occurs?
💡 Hint: Think about the retrieve process.
True or False: Cache memory is the slowest form of memory in the hierarchy.
💡 Hint: Recall the hierarchy structure.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a cache memory with 8 lines, and main memory with 32 blocks. If you want to store block 15, which cache line would it map to? Sketch the mapping.
💡 Hint: Use the modulus operation for mapping.
With a main memory comprising 1 million addresses and each cache line storing 4 addresses, design a direct mapping table showing how many lines must be created.
💡 Hint: Remember to divide total addresses by addresses per line.
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