Write buffer is used only when the write back is implemented as a cache write policy.

Increasing clock frequency increases which of the following. 

Whereas larger caches have lower miss rates, they also tend to have longer hit times. Assume a direct-mapped 8KB cache has 0.1ns hit time and miss rate m1; also assume a 4-way set associative 64KB cache has 0.76ns hit time and a miss rate m2. If the miss penalty is 150ns, explain when it would be advantageous to use the smaller cache to reduce memory access time.

The following orbital notation is completed correctly:

Given the following machine configurations and instruction statistics:  Machine A – A 16KB instruction cache with 3.82 misses per 1000 instructions and a 16KB data cache with 40.9 misses per 1000 instructions Machine B – 32KB unified cache with 43.3 misses per 1000 instructions 36% of the instructions are load/store instructions Hit time is 1 cycle, miss penalty is 100 cycles Load/store instructions take 1 extra cycle on Machine B All caches are write through with a write buffer Which machine has a higher average memory access time (AMAT)?

Consider the following collection of books.  If you grab a book at random, the probability that it will be either a children’s book or non-fiction is %. 

Whenever possible, the first-arriving fire company should:

The command post, as well as other staff and command functions, is based in what area?

One of the IC’s most important tactical considerations, requiring close coordination, is:

The work area around a fire is referred to as the: