GATE | GATE CS 2011 | Question 65

Let the page fault service time be 10ms in a computer with average memory access time being 20ns. If one page fault is generated for every 10^6 memory accesses, what is the effective access time for the memory?
(A) 21ns
(B) 30ns
(C) 23ns
(D) 35ns

Answer: (B)
Explanation:

Let P be the page fault rate
Effective Memory Access Time = p * (page fault service time) + 
                               (1 - p) * (Memory access time)
                             = ( 1/(10^6) )* 10 * (10^6) ns +
                               (1 - 1/(10^6)) * 20 ns
                             = 30 ns (approx)   

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