The following slides discuss the cache basics.

Slide 15.1: Processor-memory performance gap
Slide 15.2: Principle of locality of references
Slide 15.3: The basics of caches
Slide 15.4: Accessing a cache
Slide 15.5: A direct-mapped cache
Slide 15.6: A direct-mapped cache (cont.)
Slide 15.7: Questions about a direct-mapped cache
Slide 15.8: Handling cache misses
Slide 15.9: Handling writes
Slide 15.10: Cache basics review I
Slide 15.11: Cache basics review II




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