Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 220 words


1. Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 220 words of main memory and a cache of 256 blocks, where each cache block contains 8word.

a. How many blocks of main memory are there?

b. What is the format of a memory address as seen by the cache, that is, what are the sizes of the tag, block, and word fields?

c. To which cache block will the memory reference 063B416 map?

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