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Practice Questions
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Define what a cache hit is.
💡 Hint: Think about where the data is being sought.
What does a cache miss signify?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when data isn't found.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does a cache hit indicate?
💡 Hint: Think about the result of asking the cache for data.
True or False: Locality of reference impacts cache performance.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how programs access memory.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a cache that uses a direct mapping strategy, calculate how many cache lines would be needed if the total memory size is 64KB with block sizes of 8 bytes.
💡 Hint: First find how many blocks fit in the memory.
If accessing memory address 1000 returns a miss but the next address 1008 hits, describe what could have happened.
💡 Hint: Think about block sizes and how they relate to subsequent addresses.
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