More than one word are put in one cache block to

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More than one word are put in one cache block to

  1. A.

    exploit the temporal locality of reference in a program

  2. B.

    exploit the spatial locality of reference in a program

  3. C.

    reduce the miss penalty

  4. D.

    none of these

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Correct answer: B

More than one word is placed in a cache block to exploit spatial locality.
Programs usually access nearby memory locations together, so fetching adjacent words increases the chance of cache hits.

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