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What is cache memory?
Think about its role between CPU and main memory.
Name the three levels of cache memory.
Consider the acronyms and their sizes.
What level of cache is the fastest?
Think about which cache is closest to the CPU.
A cache miss occurs when:
Recall the definition of cache miss.
Design an experiment that demonstrates cache miss rates for different cache sizes. How would you configure the cache and measure the misses?
Focus on how increasing the cache size might reduce misses.
Compare the efficiency of LRU and FIFO in a workload with a high number of repeated accesses to a small set of data. Which is likely to perform better and why?
Think about the nature of the data access patterns.
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