Consider a cache with 4 blocks and assume that each block is one word. Give a short sequence of word memory addresses where a two-way set-associative cache performs better than a fully-associative cache. Provide a specific example and explain everything!

Consider a cache with 4 blocks and assume that each block is one word. Give a short sequence of word memory addresses where a two-way set-associative cache performs better than a fully-associative cache. Provide a specific example and explain everything!

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