set associative cache การใช้

• The Set associative cache can be imagined as a ( n * m ) matrix.
• An optimization can be obtained by using a L1 Set Associative cache and reserving one of a set cache for the data stack data ( Honeywell Bull Systems ).
• "It's a 32K two-way set associative cache, " he replied, and then walked away, leaving the salesman's mouth hanging open.
• When there are more than one available entry to store a data, as in case of Fully Associative and Set Associative cache, the entry to be replaced is selected by the " Replacement policy " adopted.
• Since conflict misses can be attributed to the lack of sufficient associativity, increasing the associativity to a certain extent ( 8 way associativity almost as effective as fully associative ) decreases the amount of conflict misses, however, such an approach increases the cache access time and consumes a lot more power than a set associative cache.