Question: Q(5) A memory system and a direct mapped cache with following characteristics is given. Main memory size is 64 K bytes. Memory addresses are 16

 Q(5) A memory system and a direct mapped cache with following

Q(5) A memory system and a direct mapped cache with following characteristics is given. Main memory size is 64 K bytes. Memory addresses are 16 bits and block size is of 16 bytes. A direct mapped cache of 256 bytes is used which is initially empty. (a) How is the 16-bit memory address allocated to tag, line and offset fields. (6) For each of the memory references below write down tag and line bits. Also indicate whether the reference is a Cache Hit or Cache Miss. 1010 1101 1011 0011 0000 0110 1111 1100 1010 1101 1011 1000 (14)

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