For a direct-mapped cache design with a 32-bit address, the following bits of the address are used to access the cache. We assume that each word has 4 bytes. How many entries does the cache have? Tag Index Offset Block offset Byte offset 31–12 11-6 5-2 1-0

For a direct-mapped cache design with a 32-bit address, the following bits of the address are used to access the cache. We assume that each word has 4 bytes. How many entries does the cache have? Tag Index Offset Block offset Byte offset 31–12 11-6 5-2 1-0

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For a direct-mapped cache design with a 32-bit address, the following bits of
the address are used to access the cache. We assume that each word has 4 bytes.
How many entries does the cache have?
Tag
Index
Offset
Block offset | Byte offset
31–12 11-6
5-2
1-0

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