1
GATE CSE 2013
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A $$RAM$$ chip has a capacity of $$1024$$ words of $$8$$ bits each $$\left( {1K \times 8} \right).$$ The number of $$2 \times 4$$ decoders with enable line needed to construct a $$16K \times 16\,\,RAM$$ from $$1K \times 8\,\,RAM$$ is
A
$$4$$
B
$$5$$
C
$$6$$
D
$$7$$
2
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A computer has a $$256$$ $$K$$ Byte, $$4$$-way set associative, write back data cache with block size of $$32$$ Bytes. The processor sends $$32$$ bit addresses to the cache controller. Each cache tag director $$y$$ entry contains, in addition to address tag, $$2$$ valid bits. $$1$$ modified bit and $$1$$ replacement bit.

The number of bit in the tag field of an address is

A
$$11$$
B
$$14$$
C
$$16$$
D
$$27$$
3
GATE CSE 2012
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
A computer has a $$256$$ $$K$$ Byte, $$4$$-way set associative, write back data cache with block size of $$32$$ Bytes. The processor sends $$32$$ bit addresses to the cache controller. Each cache tag director $$y$$ entry contains, in addition to address tag, $$2$$ valid bits. $$1$$ modified bit and $$1$$ replacement bit.

The size of the cache tag directory is

A
$$160$$ $$K$$ bits
B
$$136$$ $$K$$ bits
C
$$40$$ $$K$$ bits
D
$$32$$ $$K$$ bits
4
GATE CSE 2011
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2
-0.6
An $$8KB$$ direct-mapped write-back cache is organized as multiple blocks, each of size $$32$$-bytes. The processor generates $$32$$-bit addresses. The cache controller maintains the tag information for each cache block comprising of the following.
$$\,\,\,\,$$$$1$$ Valid bit
$$\,\,\,\,$$$$1$$ Modified bit

As many bits as the minimum needed to identify the memory block mapped in the cache.

What is the total size of memory needed at the cache controller to store meta-data (tags) for the cache?

A
$$4864$$ bits
B
$$6144$$ bits
C
$$6656$$ bits
D
$$5376$$ bits
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