Gravewish

Yes, CCA ("cache coherency attribute") can be thought of as a selection of the "cache algorithm" to be used during memory accesses to that page. In particular, a value of...

Yes, as someone somewhat familiar with the MIPS architectural details, the current implementation of delay slots in the emulator is wrong, although it will only really be noticeable once exceptions...

Yes, there is also the trade-off between simplicity+speed and accuracy. Obviously, to have 100% timing-accurate emulation, the pipeline stages will need to be modeled in the emulator. However, in the...

No problem! Enjoy the book, it's certainly the best "Computer Architecture" book I know, and super interesting if you like the topic. The three appendices are especially good, summarizing everything...