When data is needed for an instruction, all of the memory hierarchy has to be searched.

Which answer gives the order in which data is searched for in memory?

When data is needed for an instruction, all of the memory hierarchy has to be searched.

Which answer gives the order in which data is searched for in memory?

A$.$ data is searched for in Main Memory RAM first, then data is searched for Virtual Memory in secondary storage second, then data is searched for in L$1$ cache third, then data is searched for in L$2$ cache forth, then data is searched for in L$3$ cache fifth

B$.$ data is searched for in L$1$ cache first, then data is searched for in L$2$ cache second, then data is searched for in L$3$ cache third, then data is searched for in Main Memory RAM forth, then data is searched for in Virtual Memory in secondary storage fifth

C$.$data is searched for in Virtual Memory in secondary storage first, then data is searched for in Main Memory RAM second, then data is searched for in L$1$ cache third, then data is searched for in L$2$ cache forth, then data is searched for in L$3$ cache fifth