When a cache block has been modified since being read from main memory?

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Pierre Coffey

3 November, 17:52

When a cache block has been modified since being read from main memory?

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Anne Blackburn · Answer 1

When a cache block has been modified since being read from main memory the dirty bit is set.

Maia Walls · Answer 2

When a cache block has been modified since being read from main memory the dirty bit is set.

in computer terms, dirty bit is a corresponding block of memory which stays within the memory system after the processor is done to modify this memory. Cache blocking is one of the processes needed for the modification.