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Q1. Suppose we have a virtual memory of size 2 Terabytes (2048GB, or 2 41 bytes), where pages are 8KB (2 13 bytes) each, and

Q1. Suppose we have a virtual memory of size 2 Terabytes (2048GB, or 241 bytes), where pages are 8KB (213 bytes) each, and the machine has 4GB (232 bytes) of physical memory.

a) Compute the number of page table entries needed if all the pages are being used.

b) Compute the size of the page table if each page table entry also required 4 additional bits (valid, protection, dirty, use).

Q2. For this problem, you are given a system with a virtual memory. The virtual memry hads the following configuration

-Physical addresses are 8 bits long, but only 27 = 128 bytes of physical memory is installed, at physical addresses 0 up to 127.

-Pages are 24 = 16 bytes long. Virtual addresses are 10 bits long.

-An exception will be raised if a program accesses a virtual address whose virtual page has no mapping in the page table. Exception will also be raise if this is mapped to a physical page outside of installed physical memory.

-The main memory contents are shown in Table 1. To find the physical address of a byte, you need to read the least significant digit from the column label and the most significant digit from the row label. For example, the shaded byte in the second row is at physical address 0x12. All entries are in hexadecimal.

Table 1: Main Memory

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

0x0

4e

65

76

65

72

20

67

6f

6e

6e

61

20

67

69

76

65

0x1

20

79

6f

75

20

75

70

0a

4e

65

76

65

72

20

67

6f

0x2

6e

6e

61

20

6c

65

74

20

79

6f

75

20

64

6f

77

6e

0x3

0a

4e

65

76

65

72

20

67

6f

6e

6e

61

20

72

75

6e

0x4

20

61

72

6f

75

6e

64

20

61

6e

64

20

64

65

73

65

0x5

72

74

20

79

6f

75

0a

4e

65

76

65

72

20

67

6f

6e

0x6

6e

61

20

6d

61

6b

65

20

79

6f

75

20

63

72

79

0a

0x7

4e

65

76

65

72

20

67

6f

6e

6e

61

20

73

61

79

20

The page table is shown in Table 2. The virtual page number in the left column is mapped to the physical page number in the second column. Virtual page numbers are listed in binary.

Table 2: Page Table

Virtual page Physical page
0 0x2
1 0x4
10 0x1
11 0x5
100 0x4
101 0x7
110 0x9

a) List the four bytes in the word beginning at physical address 0x34. b) How many virtual addresses refer to the first byte of the shaded word in row 0x2 ? List them ALL. c) How many virtual addresses refer to the first byte of the shaded word in row 0x4 ? List them ALL.

d) List all virtual addresses that refer to the first byte of the shaded word in row 0x6.

e) If the program loads a word from virtual address 0x5C (01011100), write down what data is returned? f) What is the result if the program loads a word from virtual address 0x64 (01100100)?

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