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Consider that we have two setups for hierarchical memory wit…

Consider that we have two setups for hierarchical memory with the following miss rates and hit times: Memory 1   Memory 2 Hardware Miss Rate Hit Time   Hardware Miss Rate Hit Time L1 Cache 0.07 8ns   L1 Cache 0.1 3ns L2 Cache 0.22 12ns   L2 Cache 0.38 10ns L3 Cache 0.31 30ns   L3 Cache 0.4 19ns Main Memory 0 70ns   Main Memory 0 56ns Compute the AAT (average access time) for each setup. Show your work in the textbox below to receive partial credits.

Consider a page-fault that occurs in a 5-stage pipeline duri…

Consider a page-fault that occurs in a 5-stage pipeline during instruction fetch, what should be the order of the tasks below to allow for the hardware to re-start the instructions? Please use a single space to separate the options (e.g. 1 2 3 4) with no leading or trailing whitespaces. Points may be deducted for misformatted responses. Options: Allow pending instructions to complete Drain the pipeline and start sending NOPs from IF Resume the pipeline from the faulting instruction Service the page fault

Complete the announcement with the correct form of the words…

Complete the announcement with the correct form of the words. ******************************************** Grassy Farm to Go Green! Here at Grassy Farm, we believe that [1] is a threat to the whole planet. Our goal is to have the smallest possible [2] within three years. Therefore, we plan to reduce our [3] by 40% a year. We will limit the [4] of the meat we sell to a few items, such as chicken. Moreover, we plan to restrict the companies in our [5] to local companies within a 50-mile radius of our farm. We hope you will support us in our efforts.