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What is the main purpose of a block replacement policy?
Think about what happens during a cache miss.
What does a direct mapped cache do?
Consider how many lines correspond to each memory block.
What is a block replacement policy?
Consider what happens during a cache miss.
Is Least Recently Used (LRU) more efficient than Random Replacement?
Think about the necessity of keeping commonly used blocks.
Design a block replacement policy for a hybrid cache that incorporates aspects of both LRU and Random Replacement. Describe how this new policy would function and argue its potential merits.
Consider the best practices in block replacement.
Calculate cache misses in a direct-mapped cache with 4 lines when accessing the sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5. Justify your answer based on the mapping process.
Keep track of what you are putting where!
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