Question: You are designing a PMD that is optimized for low power. Qualitatively explain the impact on cache hierarchy (L2 and memory) power and overall application

You are designing a PMD that is optimized for low power. Qualitatively explain the impact on cache hierarchy (L2 and memory) power and overall application energy if you design an L2 cache with:

a. Small block size

b. Small cache size

c. High associativity

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