Question

Which of the following is a cache of Pentium?

(a) data cache

(b) data cache and instruction cache

(c) instruction cache

(d) none of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

This question is from Features of 80586 (Pentium), Concepts of Computer Architecture, Branch Prediction in portion Recent Advancements in Microprocessor Architecture of Microprocessor

Answer 1

Right option is (b) data cache and instruction cache

The best explanation: The Pentium has two separate caches. They are data cache and instruction cache.