GATE Computer Science (CS) 2014 Shift 2 Solved Paper

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In designing a computer’s cache system, the cache block (or cache line) size is an important parameter. Which one of the following statements is correct in this context?

A smaller block size implies better spatial locality
A smaller block size implies a smaller cache tag and hence lower cache tag overhead
A smaller block size implies a larger cache tag and hence lower cache hit time
A smaller block size incurs a lower cache miss penalty

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