Practice Multi-Level Caches - 8.1.9 | 8. Lecture – 28 | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

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What is the primary function of a cache?

💡 Hint: Consider what is accessed frequently during program execution.

Question 2

Easy

Explain temporal locality.

💡 Hint: Think about the last few items you accessed in memory.

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Question 1

What is the principle of spatial locality?

  • Data that is recently accessed will not be used again.
  • Data nearby to the accessed data is likely to be accessed soon.
  • Data is randomly accessed every time.

💡 Hint: Think about how related data items are often accessed together.

Question 2

True or False? A write-back cache immediately writes data to memory upon a write operation.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider how updates are managed in cache systems.

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Question 1

Design a multi-level cache system for a given processor architecture, describing the sizes and types of caches to use.

💡 Hint: Consider the speed requirements and typical data access patterns.

Question 2

Analyze a case where increasing the cache line size negatively impacts the cache's performance.

💡 Hint: Think about how many items can be retained and accessible within the cache.

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