Graphic courtesy of the Infiniband Trade Association. Disk access times for hard and solid-state drives are on the left and RAM and cache access times are on the right. Micron's 3D Xpoint NVM ...

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 ...

Local memory and storage can play an important role. Local cached content allows content delivery without burdening Internet networks. On-chip memory also speeds up AI applications and reduces ...

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 ...

Everspin Technologies today announced that Buffalo Memory is introducing a new industrial SATA III SSD that incorporates Everspin’s Spin-Torque MRAM ( ...

Cache is king for virtual directories By Michel Prompt Virtual directories are touted for their flexibility, but the technology isn’t known for its speed.

However, because we all assume Intel's Nova Lake CPUs will therefore be killer for gaming, simply adding cache memory isn't a guarantee of better frame rates.