Question: Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 232words of main memory, and a cache of 1024 blocks, where each cache block contains 32 words.
Suppose a computer using direct mapped cache has 232words of main memory, and a cache of 1024 blocks, where each cache block contains 32 words. Show steps
a. How many blocks of main memory are there?
b. What is the format of a memory address as seen by the cache, i.e., what are the sizes of the tag, block, and offset fields?
c. To which cache block will the memory reference 0003101A16map?
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