Practice Page Replacement (16.2) - Performance Factor of Paging and Caching
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Question 1 Easy

Define a page fault.

💡 Hint: Think about what happens during a memory access.

Question 2 Easy

What is meant by stall cycles?

💡 Hint: Consider the CPU's ability to execute instructions.

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Question 1

What happens during a page fault?

The CPU continues executing
The OS fetches the page from disk
The memory is reset

💡 Hint: Think about what the system needs to do when it can't find a page.

Question 2

True or False: Stall cycles only occur during page faults.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider other scenarios involving memory access.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a scenario with a specific number of pages in memory and a reference string, analyze which pages will be replaced using FIFO and calculate the associated page fault rate.

💡 Hint: List each page access and note which pages are in memory.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a hybrid page replacement strategy combining FIFO and LRU (Least Recently Used) methods and justify your design's effectiveness.

💡 Hint: Consider how FIFO manages the oldest page while LRU focuses on recent accesses.

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