We study the properties of cache memory, and for reasons of easier design and efficient circuits, we assume that the cache capacity is 2i Bytes, and cache line size is 2j Bytes, with i and j being natural numbers:  (a)  How many bits should the tag field have? And can the tag field contain 0 bit (i.e., be empty)? Elaborate  (b)  Repeat the above for the index field. (c)  Repeat the above for the byte-offset field. (d) Finally, depict a figure

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We study the properties of cache memory, and for reasons of easier design and efficient circuits, we assume that the cache capacity is 2i Bytes, and cache line size is 2j Bytes, with i and j being natural numbers: 

(a)  How many bits should the tag field have? And can the tag field contain 0 bit (i.e., be empty)? Elaborate 

(b)  Repeat the above for the index field.

(c)  Repeat the above for the byte-offset field.

(d) Finally, depict a figure showing a cache line, indicate what fields it possibly has, state the possible sizes of these fields, and explain the uses of these fields. 

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