Assume that a block holds 4 words where every word is 4 bytes. On a miss, a bloc

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Assume that a block holds 4 words where every word is 4 bytes. On a miss, a block must be read from the main memory into the cache. If the address of word is 0x10010028, what is the range of the byte addresses for the block? Please choose one answer below.

a. 0x10010020 through 0x1001002F

b. 0x10010021 through 0x10010031

c. 0x10010020 through 0x10010021

d. 0x10010021 through 0x10010021

a. 0x10010020 through 0x1001002F

b. 0x10010021 through 0x10010031

c. 0x10010020 through 0x10010021

d. 0x10010021 through 0x10010021

Explanation / Answer

Answer for Question:

Given in Problem statement i.e

I am presenting this as of my knowledge

Block holds 4 words and each word is 4 bytes

total 16 bytes

and given that address is byte addressble.

So what i am guessing is total 16 bytes range are required

Option A is the answer

0x10010020 through 0x1001002F

It is having the 16 bytes range

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