Question 1 A memory cache using a 41-bits address with 9 bits for index and 10 bits for offset. How big is the data portion of the cache in bytes?
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A: A) Total number of block in main memory = memory size/block size = 2^24/2^6 = 2^18 or 256K
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Q: How many total bits are required for a direct-mapped cache with 24 KiB of data and 2-word…
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Q: Assume that we have a computer with a cache memory of 512 blocks with a total size of 128K bits.…
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Q: Consider a computer with the following characteristics • total of 1Mbyte of main memory • word size…
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Q: of ten sentences. 1. What is cache memory? Why cache
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Q: How many total bits are required for a direct-mapped cache with 64 KiB of data and 4-word blocks,…
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Q: A processor has an 30-bit physical address space (A memory address is 30-bit). It also has a…
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Q: Consider a computer with the following characteristics: total of 1Mbyte of main memory: word size of…
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Q: 1. Assume that L1 cache can be written with 16bytes every 4 processor cycle, the time to receive the…
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Q: Consider a computer with the following characteristics: total of 4 Mbyte of main memory; word size…
A: GIVEN THAT Given that- Maximum memory size = 1 MB. Word size = 1 Byte. Block size = 16 bytes…
Q: Assume that we have a computer with a cache memory of 512 blocks with a total size of 128K bits.…
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Q: Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 2^32 byte of byte-addressable main memory, and a…
A: A) Total number of blocks in main memory = memory size/block size = 2^32/2^5 => 2^27
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Q: Assume that we have a computer with a cache memory of 512 blocks with a total size of 128K bits.…
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A: Cache proves to be a source: Direct modeling is a tool for assigning each memory cell in the primary…
Q: 1.Assume your 32-bit computer (memory address 32-bits) has 16-KB (only L1-data) direct mapped cache.…
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Q: Assume that L1 cache can be written with 16 bytes every 4 processor cycle, the time to receive the…
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Q: Computer Science Assume MIPS byte addressing with 32-bit address. What is the size (the total number…
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Q: 27. Why are the tag bits of a memory address important in a cache memory system? A. The more tag…
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Q: Q: A digital computer has a memory unit of 64k * 16 and a cache memory of 1k words. The cache uses…
A: i) Answer: Tag = 6 bitsIndex = 10 bitsBlock = 8 bitsWord = 2 bits Explanation: Given that:…
Q: $ Tag vali Block d 000 10010 1 001 10101 1 010 01111 1 011 10100 0 100 11101 1 101 10001 0 110 00001…
A: Concert the decimal address 47869 to binary 47869 = 1011101011111101 Here set index => 10111…
Q: Why do many systems have separate code and data caches, and how does the hardware identify whether…
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Q: A memory system has a 32 KB byte-addressable main memory and a 1 KB cache where each block contains…
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Q: Question H A machine uses 32 bit addressing. A direct-mapped cache with one word (4 bytes makes a…
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Q: Name four ways that, as a programmer, you can improve cache performance.
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Q: Assume that we have a computer with a cache memory of 512 blocks with a total size of 128K bits.…
A: Assume that we have a computer with a cache memory of 512 blocks with a total size of 128K bits.…
Q: Computer Organization: 2) Given: A MIPS computer system with 2 GB of main memory. It has an…
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Q: Calculate the total number of bits required for the cache , assuming we have a 32-bit address.…
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Q: QUESTION THREE (4) (a) Explain what is the function of buffer. (b) Give THREE (3) advantages of…
A: Given:- QUESTION THREE (4) (a) Explain what is the function of buffer. (b) Give THREE (3) advantages…
Q: Question: A computer system contains a main memory of 32KB. It also has a 1KB cache divided into…
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- If a microprocessor has a cycle time of 0.5 nanoseconds, what’s the processor clock rate? If the fetch cycle is 40% of the processor cycle time, what memory access speed is required to implement load operations with zero wait states and load operations with two wait states?answer the following question regarding cache and virtual memory:Assume that a cache system has 12 bit of tag, 10 lines bit and 2 block offset bit. Determine the memory address bit organized by the cache and the number of lines in the cache. Show the working step
- Design a direct mapped cache with 1 MB of data and 6-word block size and assume a 33-bit address. Select the index of the cache and must keep the calculations by showing it on your designed block diagram.Describe the working principles of various types of cache memory, including L1, L2, and L3 caches. How do they impact the performance of a computer system?Discuss the concept of cache memory in computer architecture. How does cache memory improve system performance, and what are the different levels of cache?
- 1. Write about the entire details of memory structure design and characteristics. 2. How much the number of bits calculation required for the logical address, if you considered the segment size is 1 k bytes and there are 32 segments? 3. In a paging model system, if a page size of 512 bytes and containing 64 entries of 11 bit each (including valid and invalid bit). How much the size of the physical address space needed?Question ) Define Cache memory and explain its advantage and disadvantageConsider a 32-bit computer using byte-addressable memory accessing different types of cache. Each cache consists of 256 blocks with one 32-bit word per block. Specify how many bits are used for the tag, index or set, and byte offset for each type of cache listed in the table below.
- Show work and type answer please. Suppose a computer using fully associate cache has 2G Bytes of main memory and a cache of 256 Blocks, where each cache Block has 8 Words, and the Word Size is 2 Bytes. a. How many blocks of main memory? b. What is the format of a memory address as seen by the cache? c. To which cache block will the memory reference 00001C4A in Hex?Explain the significance of memory bus width in memory systems. How does a wider memory bus affect data transfer rates?Explain the concept of cache memory in computer systems. How does it improve system performance, and what are the trade-offs involved in cache design?
