Cache Behavior

Table of Contents

Cache Behavior

Recall Direct Mapped Cache

Direct Mapped Cache (4 word blks)

Miss rate vs block size

Benefits of Multiword Blocks

Alternative Organizations ...

Writing vs Reading Cache

Reference Sequence

Alternative Designs

Set Associativity

Associativity

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