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An 8KB direct mapped write-back cache is organized as multiple blocks, each of
size 32-bytes. The processor generates 32-bit addresses. The cache controller
maintains the tag information for each cache block comprising of the following.
1 Valid bit
1 Modified bit
As many bits as the minimum needed to identify the memory block mapped in
the cache.
What is the total size of memory needed at the cache controller to store metadata
(tags) for the cache?

option
(A) 4864 bits
(B) 6144 bits
(C) 6656 bits
(D) 5376 bits

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Gate Other Question

A computer handles several interrupt sources of which the following are relevant
for this question.
Interrupt from CPU temperature sensor
Interrupt from Mouse
Interrupt from Keyboard
Interrupt from Hard Disk
option
(A) Interrupt from Hard Disk
(B) Interrupt from Mouse
(C) Interrupt from Keyboard
(D) Interrupt from CPU temp sensor
An application loads 100 libraries at startup. Loading each library requires exactly
one disk access. The seek time of the disk to a random location is given as 10ms.
Rotational speed of disk is 6000rpm. If all 100 libraries are loaded from random
locations on the disk, how long does it take to load all libraries? (The time to
transfer data from the disk block once the head has been positioned at the start
of the block may be neglected)

option
(A) 0.50s
(B) 1.50s
(C) 1.25s
(D) 1.00s