Suppose a computer using fully associate cache has 2G Bytes of main memory and a cache of 256 Blocks, where each cache Block has 8 Words, and the Word Size is 2 Bytes.
Suppose a computer using fully associate cache has 2G Bytes of main memory and a cache of 256 Blocks, where each cache Block has 8 Words, and the Word Size is 2 Bytes.
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![Suppose a computer using fully associate
cache has 2G Bytes of main memory and a
cache of 256 Blocks, where each cache Block
has 8 Words, and the Word Size is 2 Bytes.
A. How many blocks of main memory?
B. What is the format of a memory address
as seen by the cache?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fea065c66-7a62-435c-a196-993018ab5b87%2Fd83272a1-5db7-4a09-a7ac-a2925689e657%2Fbsrgg9l_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose a computer using fully associate
cache has 2G Bytes of main memory and a
cache of 256 Blocks, where each cache Block
has 8 Words, and the Word Size is 2 Bytes.
A. How many blocks of main memory?
B. What is the format of a memory address
as seen by the cache?
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