The three performance parameters for memory are: access time, transfer rate, and _________.

_________ is a random access type of memory that enables one to make a comparison of desired bit locations within a word for a specified match, and to do this for all words simultaneously, thus retrieving a word based on a portion of its contents rather than its address.

The ________ rate is the rate at which data can be transferred into or out of a memory unit.

The most commonly used physical types of memory are: semiconductor memory, __________ memory (used for disk and tape), and optical and magneto-optical.

The three key characteristics of memory are capacity, access time, and _______.

External, nonvolatile memory is referred to as ___________ or auxiliary memory.

The cache consists of blocks called __________.

__________ computing deals with super computers and their software.

The Pentium 4 processor core consists of four major components: fetch/decode unit, out-of-order execution logic, memory subsystem, and __________.

The __________ units execute micro-operations,fetching the requireddata from the L1 data cache and temporarily storing results in registers.

__________ memory is a facility that allows programs to address memory from a logical point of view, without regard to the amount of main memory physically available.

For set-associative mapping the cache control logic interprets a memory address as three fields: Set, Word, and __________.