CS 61C (Fall 2007) |
Quiz 30Four questions, submit as "quiz30". Due 2:45pm before lecture 11/9/2007. |
Which of the following levels of the memory hierarchy could reasonably be replaced by flash memory (similar to what is in a USB thumb drive these days)? Choose anywhere from zero to three answers. Please explain very briefly.
You may wish to refer to the table on page 469 of P&H. Assume that flash memory has a typical read access time of 25-25,000ns, a write access time of 220,000-1,500,000ns and a cost of about $15 per GB.