GATE CSE 2026 | Set 2 | Question: Variation

Question

Consider a system with 4 MB physical memory and a word length of 1 byte. The system uses a direct-mapped cache, with cache block numbers starting from 0. The word with physical address :
                                                                                                                        $\texttt{0xD3E90}$
is mapped to cache block number $200_{10}$
The maximum possible size of the cache (in KB) for this configuration is ______.

https://gateoverflow.in/523100/gate-cse-2026-set-2-question-46 ( variation)

Answer 1

Question is wrong instead of 2 mb keep it 1 mb

Also instead of E   Keep  D

D3D90--  1101 0011 1101 1001 0000

200 - 1100 1000

Then cache max size possible is - 0.5 KB