Question

During a write operation if the required block is not present in the cache then ______ occurs.

Answer 1

miss penalty occurs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Write miss

Explanation:

• This indicates that the operation failed, and it populates the cache with the required block.
• Any block can be loaded into any cache line.
• The word id bits are used to determine which word in the block is required, but the tag becomes all of the remaining bits.
• This allows any word to be stored in the cache memory at any location.

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