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I'd like to know what a short miss is in cache. How is it different from cache miss?

Thank you for your reply! I was reading a paper about the Synonym Lookaside buffer. If multiple virtual addresses map to the same physical address, then they are synonyms. The ambiguity is resolved by having one as primary virtual address and the rest as secondary virtual address and...

Hi all, I'm trying to understand the difference between virtually indexed virtually tagged cache and virtually indexed physically tagged cache. I read some material but not able to get the intuitive concept especially the virtually indexed virtually tagged cache . The tag in a cache is...