Practice - Virtually Indexed Virtually Tagged Caches
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Practice Questions
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What does 'virtually indexed' mean?
💡 Hint: Think about how virtual addresses work.
What is a TLB?
💡 Hint: Consider how address translations are handled.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a key benefit of a VIVT cache?
💡 Hint: Think about the advantage of direct access.
Does a TLB miss slow down cache access?
💡 Hint: What happens when the TLB fails to provide an address translation?
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze the impact of increasing the cache size while using a VIPT cache. Discuss the possibility of synonym problems arising in more detail.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how virtual and physical addresses interact with different cache sets.
Propose a strategy to mitigate synonymous mapping in a VIPT cache while maximizing cache performance.
💡 Hint: Think about how colors can assist in categorizing and limiting cache mappings.
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