At 2019-09-23T10:36:16-0300, Raphael M Zinsly wrote:
> > > +Geometry of the L1 data cache, that is, line size and number
> > > +of ways.
> > 
> > What is "number of ways"?
> 
> It is the cache associativity, e.g.: 8 means the cache is 8-way set
> associative.

Yup.  At some point when I wasn't looking, the "-way" in "n-way cache"
got promoted from a partial adjective along the lines of "all cars must
halt at the four-way stop sign" to a full-blooded noun and term of art.
I bumped into it while proofreading a Ph.D. thesis[1].

To help familiarize practitioners with the new cloak of terminology
draped over this hoary descendant of Old English "weg", I suggest adding
a parenthetical:

  Geometry of the L1 data cache; that is, line size and number of ways
  (e.g., \(lq4-way associative\(rq).

Regards,
Branden

[1] Ge, Qian, "Mitigating Microarchitecture-based Timing Channels with
Lightweight Operating System Mechanisms", Ph.D. thesis, University of
New South Wales, in press.