Though you could do a min, max over all entries in the cache line, the extra overhead to do any evaluation to find a good base is not necessarily worth it. Using the first addresses base address in the cache often works just fine, and does not require any additional complex logic.
Though you could do a min, max over all entries in the cache line, the extra overhead to do any evaluation to find a good base is not necessarily worth it. Using the first addresses base address in the cache often works just fine, and does not require any additional complex logic.
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