Questions - Digital Design Part#5

Here, are few interview questions asked in the Frontend VLSI Design Interview Questions -




1) What is Cache Memory ? What is the difference between Cache Memory and Stack Memory ?

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2) What is Cache Hit and Cache Miss?

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3) Define Cache Miss Penalty ?

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4) What do you mean by Level#1 and Level#2 Cache ? Which one is faster ?

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5) What is Write-through and Write-back terminologies in Cache ? What is the difference between these two?

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6) What are the different types of Cache Controllers ?

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7) For a Cache with Size 64KB, block Size- 32B and the Cache is 2-way set-associative. For a 32 bit physical address, give the division between Block offset, Index and Tag?

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8) What is Cache Coherency ? Is it a problem ? If yes, what are the methods to avoid it ?

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9) What is a snooping Cache ?

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