27. Consider a system that has multiple processors where each processor has its own cache, but main memory is shared among all processors.

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a) Which cache write policy would you use?

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b) The cache coherency problem. With regard to the system just described, what problems are caused if a processor has a copy of memory block A in its cache and a second processor, also having a copy of A in its cache, then updates main memory block A? Can you think of a way (perhaps more than one) of preventing this situation, or lessening its effects?