Practice - Locality of Reference
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Practice Questions
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What are the three parts of a memory address in a direct mapped cache?
💡 Hint: Think about how memory addresses need to be structured for cache access.
What happens during a cache hit?
💡 Hint: Consider the benefits of having essential information ready.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does a cache hit indicate?
💡 Hint: Think about why we use cache memory at all.
True or False: A cache miss means the data must be fetched from the cache.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a miss.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a direct mapped cache with at least 8 cache lines. Explain how you would handle accessing elements from an array and how locality of reference would impact performance.
💡 Hint: Consider how array access patterns are often sequential.
Explain the effects of increasing the size of cache memory on the miss rates. Provide a formula or reasoning to support your explanation.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how more cache lines can hold more frequently accessed data.
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