Tag: CPU cache
L1-L2 cashe
by admin on Feb.09, 2009, under Computer, what is
L1, L2 is two levels of cashe memory in computer .
A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory. The cache is a smaller, faster memory which stores copies of the data from the most frequently used main memory locations.
using two level cashe memory – may be more than two – save time compared to
having to get it from random access memory .
L1 : is that first level inside the microprocessor chip very fast in processing .
L2 : is separated in outer chip less speed than L1 but still faster than RAM .
so increasing cashe levels will increase processing speed and so our pc performace .
Why not just have a big L1 cache? The L1 cache is extremely expensive.
So the L1/L2/L3 system makes for great (not optimal, if you had a
really big L1 cache it’d be faster) performance that doesn’t cost an
arm and a leg.
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