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Authors:
Linda Null ,julia Lobur
Chapter:
Memory
Exercise:
Review Of Essential Terms And Concepts
Question:15 | ISBN:9780763704445 | Edition: 3

Question

15. What are the three fields in a set associative cache address and how are they used to access a location in cache?

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Answer

The following three fields in a set associative cache:

  1. Tag field
  2. Set field
  3. Offset field
  • The tag and offset fields are the same roles. It is used to identify a particular location in a cache line and save with its data.
  • The set field represents the requested data in the main memory in a cache line.
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