Practice Page Table Size and Memory Consumption - 11.3 | 11. Lecture – 28: Paging and Segmentation | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

Easy

What is the primary role of a page table?

💡 Hint: Think about how virtual addresses need to be related to physical memory.

Question 2

Easy

What does a valid bit indicate in a page table entry?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens if the valid bit is set to 0.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of a page table in a virtual memory system?

  • To keep track of program execution
  • To map virtual addresses to physical addresses
  • To store process context

💡 Hint: Recall how virtual addresses need to correspond with actual physical memory.

Question 2

True or False: A valid bit set to 0 indicates that the page is in physical memory.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about what should happen when you try to access an invalid page.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

How would you design a memory management system considering 200 running processes each with a 4MB page table? Discuss implications.

💡 Hint: Think about memory fragmentation and access speed.

Question 2

Propose a solution for efficiently managing the growth of segment and stack sizes in a program.

💡 Hint: Consider how segments interact within a virtual memory space.

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