Question: ( 1 5 Points ) Cache Design A certain processor has a physical address of 3 0 bits ( therefore the total memory size is

(15 Points) Cache Design
A certain processor has a physical address of 30 bits (therefore the total memory size is 2 bytes and is byte addressable). The cache size is 250 Kbytes with a block size of 16 bytes.
(Note: Everything here is in bytes and not words).
1.(5 Points) For a direct mapping, how many bits is the tag field, the index field, and the block offset field (the bits identifying a byte within a block).
2.(5 Points) For a 8-way set associative mapping, how many bits is the tag field, the index field, and the block offset field.
3.(5 Points) For a fully associative mapping, how many bits is the tag field, the index field, and the block offset

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