Practice - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect
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Practice Questions
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Define a page table in your own words.
💡 Hint: Look for its function in memory management.
What does TLB stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about how it helps speed up memory access.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does TLB stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about its role in page address mapping.
True or False: A page fault occurs when an accessed page is present in memory.
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of a page fault.
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Challenge Problems
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A computer has a 32-bit address space and 4KB pages. If the page table has to be loaded every time a context switch occurs, what percentage of CPU time would be wasted loading a page table with 1 million entries if each takes 100ns to load?
💡 Hint: Consider the time per page and total entries.
Evaluate the trade-offs of implementing page tables in hardware versus software, especially regarding speed and address space limits.
💡 Hint: Think about where each implementation excels and fails.
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