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. What is the ratio between total bits required for such a cache implementation over the data storage bits?
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. What is the ratio between total bits required for such a cache implementation over the data storage bits?
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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.
What is the ratio between total bits required for such a cache
implementation over the data storage bits?
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