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How do we deal with a L1 cache that is Write-back Write allocate, and the L2 cache, which is a Write-through Write no-allocate?

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When dealing with caches, the first thing to remember is that all blocks brought from the main memory to the highest level cache, in case of a multiple level cache-hierarchy have the same block addresses, which don't ...

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