Module 4 QB
Memory Systems Organization
1. Describe memory hierarchy with neat diagram
2. List & explain the performance parameters of memory
3. List & explain the characteristics of memory
4. Describe SRAM and DRAM with neat digram and Compare them with suitable parameters
5. Write a short note on interleaved and associative memory and compare them.
6. Describe virtual memory, paging and segmentation in detail with neat diagrams.
7. Describe cache coherence with neat diagram.
8. Explain the concept of locality of reference
9. What is Cache Memory. Describe its levels.
10. Describe the cache read operation with flowchart.
11. Describe different cache memory mapping techniques.
12. Consider a 2-way set associative mapped cache of size 16 KB with block size 256
13. bytes. The size of main memory is 128 KB. Find- 1. Number of bits in tag 2. Tag directory size
14. A 32-bit computer has a 32-bit memory address. It has 8 kB of Cache memory. The
computer follows four-way set associative mapping. Each line size is 16 bytes. Show the
memory address format and cache organization.
15. Consider a 4-way set associative mapped cache with a block size 4kB. The size of main
memory is 16 GB and there are 10 bits in a tag. Find- 1) Size of cache memory 2) Tag
directory size.
16. A block-set associative cache memory consists of 128 blocks divided into four block sets.
The main memory consists of 16,384 blocks and each block contains 256 eight-bit words.
i) How many bits are required tbr addressing the main memory?
ii.) How many bits are needetJ to represent the TAO, SET and WORD fields?
17. Consider a direct mapped cache of size 16 KB with block size 256 bytes. The size of main
memory is 128 KB. Find- Number of bits in tag Tag directory size
18. Consider a direct mapped cache of size 512 KB with block size 1 KB. There are 7 bits in the
tag. Find- Size of main memory Tag directory size
19. Consider a fully associative mapped cache of size 16 KB with block size 256 bytes. The size of
main memory is 128 KB. Find- Number of bits in tag &Tag directory size
20. Consider a fully associative mapped cache of size 512 KB with block size 1 KB. There are 17
bits in the tag. Find- Size of main memory & Tag directory size
21. Consider a 2-way set associative mapped cache of size 16 KB with block size 256 bytes. The
size of main memory is 128 KB. Find- Number of bits in tag & Tag directory size
22. Consider a 8-way set associative mapped cache of size 512 KB with block size 1 KB. There are
7 bits in the tag. Find- Size of main memory and Tag directory size
23. Consider a 4-way set associative mapped cache with block size 4 KB. The size of main
memory is 16 GB and there are 10 bits in the tag. Find- Size of cache memory and Tag
directory size
24. Consider a 8-way set associative mapped cache. The size of cache memory is 512 KB and
there are 10 bits in the tag. Find the size of main memory.