Assume a RAM consists of 1M bytes, and it is byte addressable. It uses a cache memory consisting of 16 4K-byte blocks. How many bits are in a RAM address? How many bytes are in the cache memory? How many bits are in the cache tag? How many bits are needed to determine a byte's position within a block?

Assume a RAM consists of 1M bytes, and it is byte addressable. It uses a cache memory consisting of 16 4K-byte blocks. How many bits are in a RAM address? How many bytes are in the cache memory? How many bits are in the cache tag? How many bits are needed to determine a byte's position within a block?

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Assume a RAM consists of 1M bytes, and it is byte addressable. It uses a cache memory consisting
of 16 4K-byte blocks.
How many bits are in a RAM address?
How many bytes are in the cache memory?
How many bits are in the cache tag?
How many bits are needed to determine a byte's position within a block?

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