A Two Way Set Associative Cache: Let us take an example of a very small cache: Web as it is 4 way set associative, each set contains 4 blocks, number of sets in a cache is : When you 'miss' some address (= when its not in the cache) , the whole block is copied.

A Two Way Set Associative Cache

Web abstract the principle of locality applies at many levels of memory, and taking advantage of this locality improves. Web 1 answer sorted by: (2^5)/2^2 = 2^3 sets are there.