CPU cache is the fast memory between the cores and main memory. What L1, L2, and L3 each do, why cache lines are 64 bytes, and when more cache actually makes a processor faster.

The authors report on the design of efficient cache controller suitable for use in FPGA-based processors. Semiconductor memory which can operate at speeds comparable with the operation of the ...

Back at the end of last week, we reported on a rumour that Intel’s Razor Lake AX would be using Nova Lake-S cores and, more ...

Why it matters: A RAM drive is traditionally conceived as a block of volatile memory "formatted" to be used as a secondary storage disk drive. RAM disks are extremely fast compared to HDDs or even ...

AMD's Ryzen 7 7700X3D went on sale globally today at $329 — bringing the same 96MB stacked L3 cache that made the Ryzen 7 7800X3D the dominant gaming processor of recent years to PC builders who have ...

Matthew is a PC Hardware Writer at XDA, having previously written for Digital Trends, Tom's Hardware, and other publications since 2018. He's mainly interested in the three way fight between AMD, ...

AMD's 7800X3D and 7950X3D CPUs reign supreme in the gaming realm, not solely due to their core count or clock speeds, but primarily owing to their abundant cache. CPU cache refers to a small yet ...

The memory wall is no longer a theoretical concern. It’s the defining bottleneck in today’s AI, automotive, and data center system-on-chips (SoCs). CPUs operate at GHz frequencies with single-digit ...

The ascension of flash storage to mainstream datacentre technology status has brought with it questions about where and how exactly it can be used – and one of the big questions that comes up is over ...

AMD has confirmed the technical details of the 4GB Radeon RX 9050.The entry-level RDNA 4 graphics card uses the same general Navi 44 platform as the 8GB version but reduces both memory-bus width and ...

AMD has updated its documentation page for the late-July launch of the Radeon RX 9050 graphics cards, which include two models: one with 4 GB and another with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. Both cards feature ...