Main Ideas For Today

• N-Way Set Associative Cache
• Cache Write Policies
• Cache Coherency

Reading Assignment

• Null & Lobur, Chapter 6, Sections 6.4(pp. 246-247), 6.4.2, 6.4.4, 6.6.

Lecture Slides

• Class #21 - Set Associative Cache
  (Slides are only available for download from on-campus locations)

Web Sites Related to Today's Topic

The Fundamentals of Cache

A page that discusses cache memory, including direct, fully associative and set-associative caches.

Memory Cache Simulation

A java applet that animates the operation of cache memory. The animation will work for direct, fully associative and set associative caches.

Homework Assigned Today

Due Date: 12/2/03


1. Write a paragraph or two comparing and contrasting the three cache mapping schemes that we have discussed (Direct, Fully Associative, Set Associative).
2. Null & Lobur, Chapter 6: #6, #8.