Question

Which of the following refers to the number of consecutive bytes which are associated with each cache entry?

(a) cache size

(b) associative set

(c) cache line

(d) cache word

The question was posed to me during an online exam.

Question is taken from Cache Memory in portion Memory Systems of Embedded Systems

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) cache line

To elaborate: The cache line refers to the number of consecutive bytes which are associated with each cache entry. The data is transferred between the memory and the cache in a particular size which is called a cache line.