Practice Disadvantages Of Physically Indexed Physically Tagged Cache (15.2.3) - Cache Indexing and Tagging Variations, Demand Paging

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Question 1.
What does PIPT stand for?
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Think about how this cache type uses physical addresses.
Question 2.
What is the role of the TLB?
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It acts like a lookup table for addresses.
3Question 3.
What does PIPT stand for?
- Physically Indexed Physical Table
- Physically Indexed Physically Tagged
- Physically Indexed Translated
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Focus on the components of the name.
4Question 4.
True or False: TLB misses can significantly delay data access from the cache.
- True
- False
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Consider how many steps must occur before accessing the cache.
Question 5.
Analyze the impact of frequent context switches in a PIPT cache environment.
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Think about the implications each switch has on virtual memory management.
Question 6.
Propose an improved architecture to reduce the disadvantages of PIPT caches.
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Consider efficiencies in lookup and retrieval processes.

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