Gate CS-2017-2 Question Paper With Solutions

Q. 54 Consider a machine with byte addressable memory of 2³² bytes divided into blocks of size 32 bytes. Assume a direct mapped cache having 512 cache lines is used with this machine. The size of tag field in bits is _____

(A) 12

(B) 16

(C) 18

(D) 24

Answer: (C)

Explanation: