For a direct-mapped cache design with a 32-bit address, the following bits of the address are used to access the cache. Tag                              Index                             Offset 31–10                           9–6                                5–0 a– What is the cache block size (in words)?  b – How many entries does the cache have?  c – What is the ratio between total bits required for such a cache implementation over the data storage bits?

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