Question: 4 - Suppose the base CPI with a perfect memory system is 1 . 5 , i . e . , C P U e

4- Suppose the base CPI with a perfect memory system is 1.5, i.e.,CPUexec=1.5. Determine which cache
configuration is the best by computing the CPU time for the three caches below:
(a)16-Kbyte direct-mapped unified cache using write-back and has a miss rate of 0.029.
(b)16-Kbyte 2-way, set-associative unified cache using write-back and has a miss rate of 0.022.
(c)32-Kbyte direct mapped unified cache using write-back and has a miss rate of 0.02.
Assume the following:
The memory system has a unified cache (for instruction and data) and main memory (there is no L2 cache).
Main memory latency is 40 clock cycles, the bandwidth between main memory and cache is 64 bits per clock
cycle and that 50% of the blocks in the cache are dirty.
There are 64 bytes per block and 20% of the instructions are load and store operations.
There is no write buffer.
CCT16K,2-way=1.32CCT16K,1-way
CCT32K,1-way=1.09CCT16K,1-way
 4- Suppose the base CPI with a perfect memory system is

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