New KV cache compaction technique cuts LLM memory 50x without accuracy loss

MIT researchers developed Attention Matching, a KV cache compaction technique that compresses LLM memory by 50x in seconds — ...

SOCAMM2 Is The Memory Standard AI Is Looking For

AI infrastructure can't evolve as fast as model innovation. Memory architecture is one of the few levers capable of accelerating deployment cycles. Enter SOCAMM2 ...
EDN

Last-level cache has become a critical SoC design element

LLC, positioned between external memory and internal subsystems, stores frequently accessed data close to compute resources.
Nature

Cache Performance and Memory Hierarchy Optimization

The dynamic interplay between processor speed and memory access times has rendered cache performance a critical determinant of computing efficiency. As modern systems increasingly rely on hierarchical ...
Computer Weekly

CXL in the datacentre: Boosting memory for hungry workloads

Compute Express Link, otherwise known as CXL, is set to revolutionise the datacentre. So, what is it and what are the benefits? Memory management is a key element that enables datacentres to utilise ...
PC World

How does CPU memory cache work?

In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...
Embedded

Understanding cache placement

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are kept ...