Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
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ISBN: 9781284123036
Author: Linda Null
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 26E

a)

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Price competitive memory hierarchy:

  • To develop a price competitive memory hierarchy the system would require a cache that is cheaper.
  • The choice of recommendation would be direct mapped or non-associative cache.
  • The price is lowered by ignoring the levels of cache. Higher the hierarchy there will be increase in the cost...

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Features that is required for the best performance in a memory hierarchy:

  • A machine that contains two level caches is required to achieve the better performance.
  • Utilizing caches of larger size will be not a good choice because caches are helpful in obtaining higher hit ratio but after a certain period of time there will not be a great change in the hit ratio...

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