A memory system has a 32 KB byte-addressable main memory and a 1 KB cache where each block contains 16 bytes. Determine the format of the address in each of the cache organizations. In each case list the address fields and the width of each field. a) Direct-mapped cache b) Fully-associative cache c) 4-way set-associative cache

A memory system has a 32 KB byte-addressable main memory and a 1 KB cache where each block contains 16 bytes. Determine the format of the address in each of the cache organizations. In each case list the address fields and the width of each field. a) Direct-mapped cache b) Fully-associative cache c) 4-way set-associative cache

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