Practice - Principles of Cache Memory Operation
Practice Questions
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Define a cache hit.
💡 Hint: Think about fast retrieval of data.
What is spatial locality?
💡 Hint: Consider array or sequential access patterns.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a cache hit?
💡 Hint: Focus on what happens when data is successfully retrieved.
True or False: A write-back policy writes data to main memory immediately after modification.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to memory after writing.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a computer system with a cache that has an LRU replacement algorithm. If the following requests are made in sequence: A, B, C, A, D, B, E, A, C, what will the cache state look like after all requests assuming a cache size of 3?
💡 Hint: Track which items are accessed most recently.
Examine the trade-offs between using a direct-mapped cache versus a set-associative cache. In what scenarios would one be preferred over the other?
💡 Hint: Think about performance versus complexity.
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