Cache Behavior

Table of Contents

Cache Behavior

Recall Direct Mapped Cache

Reference Sequence

Direct Mapped Cache (4 word blks)

Miss rate vs block size

Benefits of Multiword Blocks

Memory Organizations

Alternative Designs

Set Associativity

Associativity

Writing vs Reading Cache

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