computer architecture
- Know the memory hierarchy and why it so useful.
- Explain how data is stored on a magnetic disk (track, cylinder, platter, sector).
- Explain how data is retrieved from a magnetic disk.
- Know the function and location of cache memory
- Explain the tag in a cache line. Explain why there are multiple bytes in each cache line.
- Know how to store and retrieve data from a fully associative cache
- Know how to store and retrieve data from a directly mapped cache
- Explain some advantages and disadvantages of each type of cache
- Explain the different cache replacement policies
- Given a trace of memory references, calculate a cache hit ratio.
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