Assume a computer system with the access time to the main memory is 100ns, and…

Assume a computer system with the access time to the main memory is 100ns, and the access time to the cache is 20ns, with a hit rate of 95%. Assume the system implements virtual memory using a two-level page table and that page translation is cached in the TLB(the TLB hit rate is 98%), and the access time to the TLB is 16ns. What is the effective average access time? (in the given range)

  1. A.

    40-42 ns

  2. B.

    43-44 ns

  3. C.

    48-50 ns

  4. D.

    51-55 ns

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