Practice - Example of Hardware Implemented Page Tables
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Practice Questions
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What is a page table?
💡 Hint: Think about how virtual memory is translated.
Define a page fault.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens during memory access failures.
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What is the primary purpose of a page table?
💡 Hint: Consider how virtual memory is connected to physical memory.
True or False: A TLB hit results in faster memory access.
💡 Hint: Remember the differences in access times when hitting or missing in caches.
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A system uses a 64-bit address space with 4KB pages. Calculate the number of page table entries and discuss how feasible it is to implement this in hardware.
💡 Hint: Think about how the power of two calculations affect storage and physical limits of hardware.
Discuss the effects of increasing the size of a TLB on overall system performance, considering both benefits and potential drawbacks.
💡 Hint: Balance improvements with the costs of increased complexity in data management.
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