so i got in this pissing match with my cs instructor. he was telling the class that there are four transistors per bit of L2 cache on any given cpu with on-die, full-speed cache (not actually the ...

When it comes to Intel’s server processors, cache is king. A server roadmap posted on the company’s Web site indicates that Intel plans to double the amount of on-chip memory available on the Xeon ...

Google is experimenting with increased storage for the browser cache to reduce the performance hit caused by the recently added partitioned cache feature. Before Chrome 85, the browser used a single ...

Valve's Steam Deck, a top-rated handheld gaming PC, is set to receive a critical upgrade that will address a significant bottleneck in its 64-gigabyte model. GamesRadar tells us in a report that the ...

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 ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Under pressure to reduce bill-of-materials costs, Sandcraft Inc. has rolled out a 64-bit MIPS processor that sells for less than half the cost of an existing device with the same ...

According to a new leak, Intel Raptor Lake processors may be getting a much larger cache than their current-gen Alder Lake predecessors. The increase in cache size, which is rumored to be up to 68MB, ...

I'm not completely clear on how the cache works, but I assume that having more physical RAM free when I load up a game will make the game run better. <P>Cache speeds up frequently accessed stuff, but ...