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GATE CSE & IT · Memory Hierarchy & Cache · 2006-2024
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Digital logic, datapath, memory hierarchy, instruction sets
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All concepts →Consider a memory management system that uses a page size of 2 KB. Assume that both the physical and virtual addresses start from 0. Assume that the pages 0, 1, 2, and 3 are stored...
Consider a computer system with a byte-addressable primary memory of size 2 32 bytes. Assume the computer system has a direct-mapped cache of size 32 KB (1 KB = 2 10 bytes), and ea...
The size of the physical address space of a processor is $${2^P}$$ bytes. The word length is $${2^W}$$ bytes. The capacity of cache memory is $${2^N}$$ bytes. The size of each cach...
The width of the physical address on a machine is $$40$$ bits. The width of the tag field in a $$512$$ $$KB$$ $$8$$-way set associative cache is _____________ bits.
A computer system implements $$8$$ kilobyte pages and a $$32$$-bit physical address space. Each page table entry contains a valid bit, a dirty bit, three permission bits, and the t...
A $$4$$-way set-associative cache memory unit with a capacity of $$16KB$$ is built using a block size of $$8$$ words. The word length is $$32$$ bits. The size of the physical addre...
A processor uses 36 bit physical addresses and 32 bit virtual addresses, with a page frame size of 4 Kbytes. Each page table entry is of size 4 bytes. A three level page table is u...
A Computer system supports $$32$$-bit virtual addresses as well as $$32$$-bit physical addresses. Since the virtual address space is of the same size as the physical address space,...