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1 how many 16-byte cache blocks are needed to store all 32-bit matrix elements being referenced2 references to which
calculate the total number of bits required for the cache listed above assuming a 32-bit address given that total size
1 for a write-through write-allocate cache what are the minimum read and write bandwidths measured by byte per cycle
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1 given the parameters shown above calculate the total page table size for a system running 5 applications that utilize
1 a cache designer wants to increase the size of a 4 kib virtually indexed physically tagged cache given the page size
1 for a single-level page table how many page table entries ptes are needed how much physical memory is needed for
an inverted page table can be used to further optimize space and time how many ptes are needed to store the page table
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1 assuming an lru replacement policy how many hits does this address sequence exhibit2 assuming an mru most recently
1 what techniques can be used to reduce page table shadowing induced overhead2 what techniques can be used to reduce
show the final contents of the tlb if it is 2-way set associative also show the contents of the tlb if it is direct
1 what are the reuse time thresholds for these three technology generations2 what are the reuse time thresholds if we
1 what is the best page size if entries now become 128 bytes2 based on 5101 what is the best page size if pages are
in this exercise we will explore the control unit for a cache controller for a processor with a write buffer use the
1 which cache design is better for each of these benchmarks use data to support your conclusion2 shared cache latency
1 your job is to cook 3 cakes as efficiently as possible assuming that you only have one oven large enough to hold one
1 which fields in a log entry will be accessed for the given log processing function assuming 64-byte cache blocks and
1 assume that we are going to compute c on both a single core shared memory machine and a 4-core shared-memory machine
1 how would you fi x the false sharing issue that can occur2 consider the following portions of two different programs