Practice Inverted Page Table - 12.3 | 12. Hierarchical Page Tables | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

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What is the primary purpose of a page table?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when a virtual address must be accessed by the CPU.

Question 2

Easy

What does an inverted page table track?

💡 Hint: Think about how traditional and inverted page tables differ.

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Question 1

What does an inverted page table do?

  • It maps virtual addresses to physical addresses
  • It tracks physical pages only
  • It is used only by 32-bit systems

💡 Hint: Think about the primary purpose of an inverted page table.

Question 2

True or False: Inverted page tables simplify the overall architecture of memory management.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Reflect on the complexity introduced by searching through the table.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

An inverted page table in a 64-bit system is tracking virtual addresses from 1 to 256. How would the inverted page table be structured?

💡 Hint: Consider how the range of virtual addresses translates within a physical framework.

Question 2

Explain how hash functions affect the performance of an inverted page table based on the number of entries.

💡 Hint: Think about how hash functions limit the range of things we need to look through.

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