Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 224 bytes of byte-addressable main memory, and a...

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Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 224bytes of byte-addressable main memory, and a cache of 128 blocks,where each cache block contains 8 bytes. For fully associativecache, to which block of cache the address 0x189B5A maps?

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Block 6

Block 75

Not enough information

Block 10

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Solution Given Main memory size 224 bytes Number of blocks in the cache 128 blocks Size of one block 8 bytes Direct mapped cache Address 0x189B5A The answer will be an option c Not enough information Explanation Tag Cache index Block offset 14 bits 7 bits 3    See Answer
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