MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following component translates logical address into a physical address in main memory.
A
CPU
B
MMU
C
Logical cache
D
physical cache
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Memory Management Unit(MMU) is a hardware component responsible for translating a logical address to a physical address.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: The MMU translates the logical address into physical address by adding an offset.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is done by specialized hardware called a Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB). The TLB is a specialized cache that translates logical addresses to physical addresses for a small set of active pages.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Memory Management Unit (MMU) works with the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) to map the virtual memory addresses to the physical memory layer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation: The MMU stands for Memory Management Unit.

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