Practice - TLB Hit and Miss Handling
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Practice Questions
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What is a TLB?
💡 Hint: Think about how memory interactions can be optimized.
Define a page fault.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when data is not immediately accessible.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the primary function of a TLB?
💡 Hint: Think about how translation speed can be optimized.
True or False: A TLB hit means no additional access to the page table.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a TLB hit.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a system architecture diagram illustrating TLBs, page tables, and how misses lead to page faults. Explain the impact on performance metrics.
💡 Hint: Consider real-world scenarios and historical performance data to support findings.
Devise an optimization strategy for a system that suffers high page fault rates due to small TLB size. Justify your recommendations based on locality principles.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how different types of locality can reduce memory access lag.
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