Set Associative cache. Calculate cache capacity.

Question

Consider a 4 - way set associative cache with 'L' blocks of 16 words each. Cache block is associated with dirty bit field and valid bit field. Calculate cache capacity with a word size of 2 bytes and tag size of 22 bits.

Comments

@mk utkarsh @eyeamj i have calculated something else(cache size)...

 i think cache capacity should be #total number of addresses it can hold in one go.. and which should be 16L... correct me if wrong?

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cache size is =number of sets * number of blocks per set *block size

                     =(L/4)*4*32B

=32L bytes.

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check this https://gateoverflow.in/229106/test-series