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ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : U.Rajya Lakshmi
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : Computer Engg.,
Institute : Govt.Polytechnic for Women,
PALAMANER.
Year/Semester : III Semester
Subject : Computer Architecture
Subject Code : CM-303
Topic : Memory Organization
Duration : 50 Min
Sub Topic : Memory Hierarchy system
Teaching aids : PPT s , diagrams
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Do you Know
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Recap of previous lesson
Memory characteristics
• Access time
• Access rate
• Alterability
• Access method
• Cycle time
• Permanence of storage
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Objectives
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Introduction
Contd..
• Goal of memory system
• to provide adequate storage capacity with
acceptable performance and cost
• low cost and short access time are
desirable characteristics
• Unfortunately..
• high speed memories are expensive while
low cost memories are slow
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Introduction
• Goal can be achieved
by employing various types of memories
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Memory Hierarchy system
Contd..
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Registers in
CPU
capacity
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Fig.1
Memory Hierarchy Contd..
• Consists of a four level memory hierarchy
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Need for Memory Hierarchy
Contd..
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Summary
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QUIZ
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1. Desirable characteristics of memory system
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1. Desirable characteristics of memory system
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Essay type Questions
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