Samsung Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers






Comment hidden because of low score. Click to expand.
1
of 1 vote

Cache is a component that improves performance by transparently storing data such that future requests for that data can be served faster.

The data that is stored within a cache might be values that have been computed earlier or duplicates of original values that are stored elsewhere. If requested data is contained in the cache (cache hit), this request can be served by simply reading the cache, which is comparably faster. Otherwise (cache miss), the data has to be recomputed or fetched from its original storage location, which is comparably slower. Hence, the more requests can be served from the cache the better the overall system performance is.

Mapping between physical address and cache:-

Main Memory Cache Memory
---------------
|Index Data | ---------------------
--------------- |Index Tag Data |
|0 xyx |<------- ---------------------
--------------- | |-----|0 2 pas |
|1 sdp | | | ---------------------
--------------- |---|-----|1 0 xyx |
|2 pas |<----------| ----------------------
---------------
|3 eqw |
---------------
| |

Source Wiki

- Kousik Maiti August 14, 2010 | Flag Reply


Add a Comment
Name:

Writing Code? Surround your code with {{{ and }}} to preserve whitespace.

Books

is a comprehensive book on getting a job at a top tech company, while focuses on dev interviews and does this for PMs.

Learn More

Videos

CareerCup's interview videos give you a real-life look at technical interviews. In these unscripted videos, watch how other candidates handle tough questions and how the interviewer thinks about their performance.

Learn More

Resume Review

Most engineers make critical mistakes on their resumes -- we can fix your resume with our custom resume review service. And, we use fellow engineers as our resume reviewers, so you can be sure that we "get" what you're saying.

Learn More

Mock Interviews

Our Mock Interviews will be conducted "in character" just like a real interview, and can focus on whatever topics you want. All our interviewers have worked for Microsoft, Google or Amazon, you know you'll get a true-to-life experience.

Learn More