Qualcomm's next-generation Oryon mobile CPU reaches 5GHz for the first time, while its new FlexCache architecture aims to ...

Many people have heard the term cache coherency without fully understanding the considerations in the context of system-on-chip (SoC) devices, especially those using a network-on-chip (NoC). To ...

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.

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 ...