Practice - Advanced Microprocessor Architectures
Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of virtual memory?
💡 Hint: Think about memory limitations and how virtual memory overcomes them.
Define cache memory.
💡 Hint: Consider how the CPU interacts with memory.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is virtual memory?
💡 Hint: Consider how memory allocation works.
True or False: Paging can lead to external fragmentation.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens with memory block sizes.
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Challenge Problems
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Develop a case study exploring the impact of a page fault on system performance, including potential solutions.
💡 Hint: Think about how memory allocation strategies may reduce page faults.
Propose a new architecture that blends the best of virtual memory techniques and caches to minimize memory latency.
💡 Hint: Consider hybrid systems and how existing architectures combine these principles.
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