This paper presents the architecture of a high performance level 2 cache capable of use with a large class of embedded RISC cpu cores. The cache has a number of novel features including advanced ...

A number of discussion areas are harboring complaints of failing level 2 caches on Apple's Lombard PowerBooks. As noted by Marc P., for some, the PowerBook woks fine without the L2 cache, albeit ...

CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...