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Consider a single-level cache with an access time of 3 ns, a line size of 32 bytes,
and a hit ratio of H = 0.95. Main memory uses a block transfer capability that has
a first word (2 bytes) access time of 40 ns and an access time of 5 ns for each
word thereafter.

(a) What is the access time when there is a cache miss? Assume that the cache
waits until the line has been fetched from main memory and then re-executes for
a hit.

(b) Suppose that increasing the line size to 64 bytes increases the H to 0.97. Does
this reduce the average latency?

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