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In a paged memory management algorithm, the hit ratio is 70%. If it takes 30 nanoseconds to search Translation Look-aside Buffer (TLB) and 100 nanoseconds (ns) to access memory, the effective memory access time is

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160 ns

On a TLB hit, the time is TLB search plus one memory access; on a miss, it is TLB search plus two memory accesses (page table, then data).

\(\text{Hit time} = 30 + 100 = 130 \text{ ns}\), \(\text{Miss time} = 30 + 100 + 100 = 230 \text{ ns}\)

\(EMAT = 0.7 \times 130 + 0.3 \times 230 = 91 + 69 = 160 \text{ ns}\)

Check: 160 ns lies between the hit time 130 ns and the miss time 230 ns, closer to the hit time since hits are more frequent.

Hence, 160 ns.

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