Practice Memory Hierarchy - 14.3 | 14. Page Faults | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 3
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Question 1

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What is a page fault?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you try to access a program that is not loaded.

Question 2

Easy

What does a valid bit signify?

💡 Hint: Consider what it means when we check the status of a page in the memory.

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Question 1

What does a page fault indicate?

  • All data is in memory
  • Data is not in memory
  • Program has finished execution

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you try to access unloaded data.

Question 2

True or False: The TLB only caches virtual addresses.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Remember the purpose of TLB in address translation.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

How does adding more cache affect system performance, considering page faults and TLB hits?

💡 Hint: Think about how often data is accessed and how caching helps memory retrieval.

Question 2

If a program runs with a page fault rate of 5% and each fault costs 200ms, calculate the average time taken for 1000 instructions assuming each instruction takes 10ms.

💡 Hint: Break down the problem into instruction time and fault handling time.

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