Practice Computer Organization And Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect (4.1) - Direct-mapped Caches: Misses, Writes and Performance
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Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

Practice - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is SRAM?

💡 Hint: Think about speed versus cost.

Question 2 Easy

Which type of memory is cheaper, SRAM or DRAM?

💡 Hint: Consider their access speeds and costs.

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Question 1

Which type of memory is the fastest?

SRAM
DRAM
Magnetic Disk

💡 Hint: Consider which memory type has the shortest delay.

Question 2

True or False: Cache misses occur when data is found in cache.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the definition of a cache miss.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Evaluate how the cost-performance trade-off could lead to design decisions in computer architecture.

💡 Hint: Consider the overall system performance requirements.

Challenge 2 Hard

Illustrate the impact of a poor locality of reference on cache performance.

💡 Hint: Think about pattern access in programming.

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