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It is the same size as the traditional cache, but it is also a FIFO. Naturally it doesn't need to worry about tracking access, since the moment the ghost cache is "hit" the relevant memory location is loaded into the traditional cache and the ghost cache entry becomes irrelevant. So I guess that means the ghost cache could just be a queue.



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