0 votes 0 votes When a cache miss occurs the time required to access the memory is the sum of??? saif asked Nov 12, 2018 saif 194 views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply PiratedVirus commented Nov 12, 2018 reply Follow Share time required to search in cache + time required to search in Main memory because, hierarchy is (wrt access time) Registers -> Cache -> RAM (Main Memory) -> HDD (Secondary Memory) 1 votes 1 votes saif commented Nov 14, 2018 reply Follow Share See my doubt is that when a miss occurs the processor search for that block in the main memory and the place it in the cache so the total time is the sum of = Searching in main memory + placing it in cache + again accessing cache for that block... Is it?? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.