7. a) Consider an application running on a multiprocessor system that takes 600 cycles, (during which processors are stalled), to handle a local cache miss leading to referencing a remote memory. The CPI for all references that hit in cache is 1 cycle. If 0.2% of cache access result in a local miss, how much faster will the system run if it has a perfect cache that never miss.

7. a) Consider an application running on a multiprocessor system that takes 600 cycles, (during which processors are stalled), to handle a local cache miss leading to referencing a remote memory. The CPI for all references that hit in cache is 1 cycle. If 0.2% of cache access result in a local miss, how much faster will the system run if it has a perfect cache that never miss.

Systems Architecture

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305080195

Author:Stephen D. Burd

Publisher:Stephen D. Burd

Chapter11: Operating Systems

Section: Chapter Questions

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