Consider a machine with a byte addressable main memory of 2^20 bytes, block…

GATE · 2015 · CS · Set 3 · Computer Science & IT

Consider a machine with a byte addressable main memory of 2^20 bytes, block size of 16 bytes and a direct mapped cache having 2^12 cache lines. Let the addresses of two consecutive bytes in main memory be (E201F)16 and (E2020)16. What are the tag and cache line address (in hex) for main memory address (E201F)16?

  1. A.

    E, 201

  2. B.

    F, 201

  3. C.

    E, E20

  4. D.

    2, 01F

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