Q(5) A memory system and a direct mapped cache with following characteristics is given. Main memory size is 64 K bytes. Memory addresses are 16 bits and block size is of 16 bytes. A direct mapped cache of 256 bytes is used which is initially empty. (a) How is the 16-bit memory address allocated to tag, line and offset fields.

Q(5) A memory system and a direct mapped cache with following characteristics is given. Main memory size is 64 K bytes. Memory addresses are 16 bits and block size is of 16 bytes. A direct mapped cache of 256 bytes is used which is initially empty. (a) How is the 16-bit memory address allocated to tag, line and offset fields.

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Chapter6: System Integration And Performance

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