3. 3. Suppose a computer using direct-mapped cache has 2 bytes of byte-addressable main memory and a
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3. 3. Suppose a computer using direct-mapped cache has 2 bytes of byte-addressable main memory and a cache size of 512 bytes, and each cache block contains 64 bytes.
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a) How many blocks of main memory are there?
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b) What is the format of a memory address as seen by cache;
that is, what are the sizes of the tag, block, and offset fields?
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c) To which cache block will the memory address 0x13A4498A map?
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Essentials Of Computer Organization And Architecture
ISBN: 9781284123036
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Authors: Linda Null, Julia Lobur
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