A direct mapped cache memory with n blocks is nothing but which of the

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A direct mapped cache memory with $n$ blocks is nothing but which of the following set
associative cache memory originations

(i) 0-way set associative
(ii) 1-way set associative
(iii) 2-way set associative
(iv) n-way set associative

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Answer: (ii) 1-way set associative

Direct-mapped cache is equivalent to 1-way set associative: each block maps to exactly one set (n blocks = n sets, 1 block per set). n-way would be fully associative.

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