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For an associative cache, a main memory address is viewed as consisting of two fields. List and define the two fields.
Answer is following:
Associative cache:-
| mm | address | 
| Tag | Byte offset (or) word offset | 
A tag field uniquely identifies a block of main memory.
A word field identifies a uniquely word or Byte within a block of main memory.
A word field identifies a uniquely word or Byte within a block of main memory.