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If there is no match, the required word must be accessed from the main memory, that is, the contents of that block of the cache is replaced by the new block that is specified by the new address generated by the CPU and correspondingly the TAG bit will also be changed by the high order 4 bits of the address. The whole arrangement for direct mapping technique is shown in the figure 3.14.

 

Figure 3.14: Direct-mapping cache

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