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| Of the different cache organizations discussed in class which one offers the best overall performance? |
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| The cache related term which refers to the use of data elements within relatively close storage locations is referred to as: |
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| The address calculated by the CPU is referred to as the _________________ address. |
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| The actual location of the data in main memory is referred to as the ___________________ address. |
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| When main memory is only divided into cache lines this implies the cache itself is : |
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| What are the 3 cache line replacement strategy when the cache is full. |
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1. Least recently used
2. FIFO
3. Random |
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| A first time memory reference is for a cache systems is called a __________________ miss. |
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| The cache related term which refers to the reused of specified data within a relatively small time duration. |
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| The __________________ is responsible for translating logical addresses into physical addresses in a virtual memory system. |
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| memory management unit (MMU) |
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| When a cache is watching the address lines for transaction, this is called a snoop. This function allows the cache to see if any transactions are accessing memory it contains within itself. |
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| When a cache takes the information from the data lines, the cache is said to have snarfed the data. This function allows the cache to be updated and maintain consistency. |
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| When the data has been update in the cache but not the main memory |
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| When the data has been updated in main memory but not in the cache |
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