2 votes 2 votes There are 4 types of caches Virtually Indexed Virtually Tagged Virtually indexed Physically Tagged Physically Indexed Virtually Tagged Physically Indexed Physically Tagged Plz give some clear thought, to distinguish these 4 type of cache CO and Architecture co-and-architecture cache-memory + – srestha asked Oct 3, 2017 • retagged Nov 13, 2017 by Arjun srestha 496 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Surajit commented Oct 3, 2017 reply Follow Share vivt and pipt caching either use virtual or physical address completely for indexing and tags.While VIPT i.e virtually indexed physically tagged are different. There are some advantages/disadvantages in both of them.Please check the video on VIPT.In hennesy & patterson book the explanation is given. (Thanks for bringing up the topic,need revision ..:) ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbE91A7dNAs 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.