Practice - Virtual Address Generation
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Practice Questions
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What are the two parts of a virtual address?
💡 Hint: Think about how memory is identified.
What does the valid bit in a page table entry indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens if the valid bit is 0.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What are the two main components of a virtual address?
💡 Hint: Recall the structure of a virtual address.
True or False: A valid bit of 1 indicates that a page is present in physical memory.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when this bit is not set.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a 64-bit architecture with a page size of 8KB, calculate the maximum number of entries in the page table and the physical memory required.
💡 Hint: Think about how to derive page entries from addressable space and page sizes.
How would you design a page replacement algorithm to optimize memory usage when accessing virtual addresses? Explain your approach.
💡 Hint: Consider which pages are most likely to be accessed again and how you might keep track of them.
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