
Timing Considerations
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Timing Considerations
As the I-Cache fetches and returns 32-bit words requested by the CPU, two
key time periods affect the speed of the I-Cache:
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Hit time
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Miss penalty
4.1
Hit Time
The
hit time
is the time required for the I-Cache to deliver the 32-bit requested
word to the CPU in the case of a hit (when the word is present in the I-Cache).
The hit time is either 1 or 2 CPU clock cycles:
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An initial request (a request that follows a period of inactivity) has a hit
time of 2 cycles.
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Subsequent requests have a hit time of 1 cycle if:
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The requests are consecutive (no inactivity in between)
and
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The requests are to sequential addresses
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Subsequent requests have a hit time of 2 cycles if:
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The requests are not consecutive
or
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The requests are to nonsequential addresses
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