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  2. CPU cache - Wikipedia

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    A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory. [1] A cache is a smaller, faster memory, located closer to a processor core, which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations.

  3. Cache (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a CPU memory cache operation. In computing, a cache (/ k æ ʃ / ⓘ KASH) [1] is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere.

  4. Cache hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Cache hierarchy, or multi-level cache, is a memory architecture that uses a hierarchy of memory stores based on varying access speeds to cache data. Highly requested data is cached in high-speed access memory stores, allowing swifter access by central processing unit (CPU) cores.

  5. Cache performance measurement and metric - Wikipedia

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    The gap between processor speed and main memory speed has grown exponentially. Until 2001–05, CPU speed, as measured by clock frequency, grew annually by 55%, whereas memory speed only grew by 7%. [1] This problem is known as the memory wall. The motivation for a cache and its hierarchy is to bridge this speed gap and overcome the memory wall.

  6. Central processing unit - Wikipedia

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    A CPU cache [71] is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory. A cache is a smaller, faster memory, closer to a processor core, which stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations.

  7. Memory hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Processor registers – the fastest possible access (usually 1 CPU cycle). A few thousand bytes in size; Cache. Level 0 (L0) Micro operations cache – 6,144 bytes (6 KiB [citation needed] [original research]) [8] in size; Level 1 (L1) Instruction cache – 128 KiB [citation needed] [original research] in size

  8. Cache prefetching - Wikipedia

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    Cache prefetching can be accomplished either by hardware or by software. [3]Hardware based prefetching is typically accomplished by having a dedicated hardware mechanism in the processor that watches the stream of instructions or data being requested by the executing program, recognizes the next few elements that the program might need based on this stream and prefetches into the processor's ...

  9. Category:Cache (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Cache coloring; Cache hierarchy; Cache inclusion policy; Cache line; Cache manifest in HTML5; Cache on a stick; Cache performance measurement and metric; Cache placement policies; Cache poisoning; Cache pollution; Cache prefetching; Cache stampede; Cache thrashing; Cache-oblivious algorithm; Cache-oblivious distribution sort; Ccache; Coherency ...