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Test Your EQ #148— Answer

Answer 3

Since the total data cache is 8 KB, each of the four associative sets will contain 2 KB of data. The full address space holds 216 = 64 KB of data. This means that each location in the cache can hold data from any one of 64K / 2K = 32 locations, requiring a tag field of 5 bits (25 = 32).

Contributor: Naveen PN

Published: November-2002

   

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