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Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 6th Edition
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Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 6th Edition

by Linda Null
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
750 pages
33h 54m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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6.6 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES OF MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Because the Intel Core i9 exhibits fairly characteristic traits of modern memory management, we present a short overview of how this processor deals with memory. We also present a brief overview of how the MIPS architecture approaches memory management.

The Intel Core i9 architecture allows for 64-bit virtual addresses and 64-bit physical addresses. It uses either 4KB or 4MB page sizes when using paging. Paging and segmentation can be applied in different combinations, including unsegmented, unpaged memory; unsegmented, paged memory; segmented, unpaged memory; and segmented, paged memory.

The Intel Core i9 has three caches, L1, L2, and L3, all of which utilize a 64-byte block size. L1 is next to the ...

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