**ONLY NEED 5.2.5**
5.2 Caches are important to providing a high-performance memory hierarchy to processors. Below is a list of 32-bit m addresses. emory address references, given as word 3, 180, 43, 2, 191,88, 190, 14, 181, 44, 186, 253 5.2.1 [10] For each of these references, identify the binary address, the tag., and the index given a direct-mapped cache with 16 one-word blocks. Also list if each reference is a hit or a miss, assuming the cache is initially empty. 5.2.2 10] For each of these references, identify the binary address, the tag., and the index given a direct-mapped cache with two-word blocks and a total size of 8 blocks. Also list ifeach reference is a hit or a miss, assuming the cache is initially empty. 5.2.3 [20]
You are asked to optimize a cache design for the given references. There are three direct-mapped cache designs possible, all with a total of 8 words of data: C1 has 1-word blocks, C2 has 2-word blocks, and C3 has 4-word blocks. In terms of miss rate, which cache design is the best? If the miss stall time is 25 cycles, and C1 has an access time of 2 cycles, C2 takes 3 cycles, and C3 takes 5 cycles, which is the best cache design? There are many different design parameters that are important to a cache's overall performance. Below are listed parameters for different direct-mapped cache designs. Cache Data Size: 32 KiB Cache Block Size: 2 words Cache Access Time: 1 cycle 5.2.4 [15] Calculate the total number of bits required for the cache listed above, assuming a 32-bit address. Given that total size, find the total size of the closest direct-mapped cache with 16-word blocks of equal size or greater. Explain why the second cache, despite its larger data size, might provide slower performance than the first cache. 5.2.5 [20] Generate a series of read requests that have a lower miss rate on a 2 KiB 2-way set associative cache than the cache listed above. Identify one possible solution that would make the cache listed have an equal or lower miss rate than the 2 KiB cache. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution. 5.2 Caches are important to providing a high-performance memory hierarchy to processors. Below is a list of 32-bit m addresses. emory address references, given as word 3, 180, 43, 2, 191,88, 190, 14, 181, 44, 186, 253 5.2.1 [10] For each of these references, identify the binary address, the tag., and the index given a direct-mapped cache with 16 one-word blocks. Also list if each reference is a hit or a miss, assuming the cache is initially empty. 5.2.2 10] For each of these references, identify the binary address, the tag., and the index given a direct-mapped cache with two-word blocks and a total size of 8 blocks. Also list ifeach reference is a hit or a miss, assuming the cache is initially empty. 5.2.3 [20] You are asked to optimize a cache design for the given references. There are three direct-mapped cache designs possible, all with a total of 8 words of data: C1 has 1-word blocks, C2 has 2-word blocks, and C3 has 4-word blocks. In terms of miss rate, which cache design is the best? If the miss stall time is 25 cycles, and C1 has an access time of 2 cycles, C2 takes 3 cycles, and C3 takes 5 cycles, which is the best cache design? There are many different design parameters that are important to a cache's overall performance. Below are listed parameters for different direct-mapped cache designs. Cache Data Size: 32 KiB Cache Block Size: 2 words Cache Access Time: 1 cycle 5.2.4 [15] Calculate the total number of bits required for the cache listed above, assuming a 32-bit address. Given that total size, find the total size of the closest direct-mapped cache with 16-word blocks of equal size or greater. Explain why the second cache, despite its larger data size, might provide slower performance than the first cache. 5.2.5 [20] Generate a series of read requests that have a lower miss rate on a 2 KiB 2-way set associative cache than the cache listed above. Identify one possible solution that would make the cache listed have an equal or lower miss rate than the 2 KiB cache. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution