ISRO Computer Science (CSE) 2008 - Question 18

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More than one word are put in one cache block to

  • A. exploit the temporal locality of reference in a program
  • B. exploit the spatial locality of reference in a program
  • C. reduce the miss penalty
  • D. None of these

Answer: B. exploit the spatial locality of reference in a program

Explanation: Fetching a block of multiple words exploits spatial locality because programs tend to access data sequentially.

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