Instructions:

1) Use Dinero simulator to solve problems 1-4.

2) Submit a PDF of your analysis of the data and your results. One sample output per question can be attached at the end of the solution as appendix. Do not put all the runs of all the simulation outputs.

Question Calculate the Local and Global Miss Rates (Use cc1.din and spice.din)

Calculate the global and local miss rates for a 2-level cache. Consider level-1 cache with 16KB and vary the level-2 cache size form 2KB, 8KB, 32KB and 128KB for a block size of 16bytes, LRU replacement policy and 2-way associativity. Compare this value with the miss rates of single-level cache.

Consider only data caches for simulation and plot the results (Logarithmic scale makes the plot clearer).

What conclusion can you draw from this?

Is the local miss rate a good measure of secondary caches?

What is the optimum value of the secondary cache size?