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Which optimization technique aims to reduce miss penalty?
Which optimization technique aims to reduce miss penalty?
- Critical word first and early restart (correct)
- Compiler optimizations
- Small and simple first level-cache
- Hardware prefetching
What is the purpose of higher associativity in a cache system?
What is the purpose of higher associativity in a cache system?
- To reduce miss rate (correct)
- To reduce hit time
- To prioritize read misses over writes
- To increase cache bandwidth
Why is addressing translation avoided during indexing of the cache?
Why is addressing translation avoided during indexing of the cache?
- To reduce miss penalty (correct)
- To increase cache bandwidth
- To prioritize read misses over writes
- To reduce hit time
What is a common cause of cache miss referred to as coherency?
What is a common cause of cache miss referred to as coherency?
How does a multilevel cache system contribute to reducing miss penalty?
How does a multilevel cache system contribute to reducing miss penalty?
In cache memory, which type uses one transistor per bit to store a bit?
In cache memory, which type uses one transistor per bit to store a bit?
What is the purpose of a hypervisor in a virtual machine environment?
What is the purpose of a hypervisor in a virtual machine environment?
How does hardware virtualization benefit system administrators?
How does hardware virtualization benefit system administrators?
In assembly language, what is the purpose of translation?
In assembly language, what is the purpose of translation?
What does a pure assembly language consist of?
What does a pure assembly language consist of?
When is translation needed in assembly language?
When is translation needed in assembly language?
What is the role of translators in programming languages?
What is the role of translators in programming languages?
What is the main advantage of utilizing multiple processors and disks in a system?
What is the main advantage of utilizing multiple processors and disks in a system?
Which principle refers to the tendency of programs to reuse data and instructions they recently used?
Which principle refers to the tendency of programs to reuse data and instructions they recently used?
Why should systems favor frequent and common cases over infrequent cases?
Why should systems favor frequent and common cases over infrequent cases?
What is the main purpose of instruction-level parallelism via pipelining in processors?
What is the main purpose of instruction-level parallelism via pipelining in processors?
Which type of locality predicts that recently accessed data will be accessed again soon?
Which type of locality predicts that recently accessed data will be accessed again soon?
How does taking advantage of parallelism in systems typically impact performance?
How does taking advantage of parallelism in systems typically impact performance?
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