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...
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When the cache client (a CPU, web browser, operating system) needs to access data presumed to exist in the backing store, it first checks the cache. If an...
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Central processing unit (redirect from Cpu)
components. Modern CPUs devote a lot of semiconductor area to caches and instruction-level parallelism to increase performance and to CPU modes to support...
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requested data is cached in high-speed access memory stores, allowing swifter access by central processing unit (CPU) cores. Cache hierarchy is a form...
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address-translation cache. It is a part of the chip's memory-management unit (MMU). A TLB may reside between the CPU and the CPU cache, between CPU cache and the...
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science, cache coloring (also known as page coloring) is the process of attempting to allocate free pages that are contiguous from the CPU cache's point...
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Cache pollution describes situations where an executing computer program loads data into CPU cache unnecessarily, thus causing other useful data to be...
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Glossary of computer hardware terms (redirect from Cache way)
component compromises the way another component works. cache A small and fast buffer memory between the CPU and the main memory. Reduces access time for frequently...
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and hardware complexity Within the L1 cache of the NetBurst CPUs, Intel incorporated its execution trace cache. It stores decoded micro-operations, so...
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In computing, cache replacement policies (also known as cache replacement algorithms or cache algorithms) are optimizing instructions or algorithms which...
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Dinero is a uniprocessor CPU cache simulator for memory reference traces written by Dr. Jan Edler and Prof. Mark D. Hill of the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
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Meltdown (security vulnerability) (redirect from Rogue data cache load)
on Security and Privacy warned against a covert timing channel in the CPU cache and translation lookaside buffer (TLB). This analysis was performed under...
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List of Intel Core processors (redirect from Core 2 cpus)
L1 cache: 64 KB (32 KB data + 32 KB instructions) per core. L2 cache: 256 KB per core. In addition to the Smart Cache (L3 cache), Haswell-H CPUs also...
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List of Intel processors (redirect from Intel CPUs)
16 KB L1 cache 256 KB integrated L2 cache 60 MHz system bus clock rate Variants 150 MHz 0.35 μm process technology, (two die, a 0.35 μm CPU with 0.6 μm...
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List of AMD Ryzen processors (redirect from List of AMD Ryzen CPUs)
the CPUs support DDR4-2933 in dual-channel mode. L1 cache: 96 KB (32 KB data + 64 KB instruction) per core. L2 cache: 512 KB per core. All the CPUs support...
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primary storage and static random-access memory (SRAM) used mainly for CPU cache. Most semiconductor memory is organized into memory cells each storing...
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In CPU design, the use of a sum-addressed decoder (SAD) or sum-addressed memory (SAM) decoder is a method of reducing the latency of the CPU cache access...
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with newer computers cache is built into either the CPU or the motherboard. COASt modules decoupled the motherboard from its cache, allowing varying configurations...
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CPUID (redirect from CPU flag (x86))
49h indicates a level-3 cache on GenuineIntel Family 0Fh Model 6 (Pentium 4 based Xeon) CPUs, and a level-2 cache on other CPUs. Intel's CPUID documentation...
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Cache placement policies are policies that determine where a particular memory block can be placed when it goes into a CPU cache. A block of memory cannot...
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different performance is simplified. Millicode instructions can bypass CPU cache to improve performance. Instructions can update multiple storage locations...
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Hash table (section Caching and locality of reference)
CPU cache inefficiencies.: 91 In cache-conscious variants of collision resolution through separate chaining, a dynamic array found to be more cache-friendly...
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A CPU cache is a piece of hardware that reduces access time to data in memory by keeping some part of the frequently used data of the main memory in a...
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Locality of reference (redirect from Cache locality)
core L2 CPU caches (128 KB to 24 MB) – slightly slower access, with the speed of the memory bus shared between twins of cores L3 CPU caches (2 MB up...
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Direct memory access (section Cache coherency)
problems. Imagine a CPU equipped with a cache and an external memory that can be accessed directly by devices using DMA. When the CPU accesses location...
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very fast memory known as a CPU cache which holds recently accessed data. As long as the data that the CPU needs is in the cache, the performance is much...
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clock speed compared to flagship Intel CPU lines, such as the Pentium or Core brands. They often have less cache or intentionally disabled advanced features...
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Data in use (section CPU-based key storage)
volatile memory, typically in computer random-access memory (RAM), CPU caches, or CPU registers. Scranton, PA data scientist Daniel Allen in 1996 proposed...
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is a program optimization approach motivated by efficient usage of the CPU cache, often used in video game development. The approach is to focus on the...
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Processor affinity (redirect from CPU affinity)
called CPU pinning or cache affinity, enables the binding and unbinding of a process or a thread to a central processing unit (CPU) or a range of CPUs, so...
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