Consider a system with 1 MB physical memory and a word length of 1 byte. The…

GATE · 2026 · CS · Set 2 · Computer Science & IT

Consider a system with 1 MB physical memory and a word length of 1 byte. The system uses a direct mapped cache, with block numbers starting from 0. The word with physical address 0xA2C28 is mapped to the cache block number 17610. The maximum possible size of the cache (in KB) for this configuration is ___________. (answer in integer)

Note: 1K=210 and 1M=220

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