Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:48:59 01/16/01
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On January 16, 2001 at 20:08:38, William Bryant wrote: >What is the difference between L2 and L3 catch systems. > >For example what would be the difference between an L2 1MB catch, and >a L2 256K catch with an L3 1MB catch. > >Thanks. > >william >wbryant@ix.netcom.com This is a hierarchy. L1 is the fastest cache, but it is also the smallest. L2 is slower than L1, but faster than memory. It is also bigger than L1, but smaller than main memory. L3 simply extends this. The only machine I have used recently that had a L3 cache was the Alpha...
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