L3 cache is a big deal: It’s shared between some or all cores within a CPU, and it’s big. The 7950X3D, for example, has 128MB of L3 cache with its bolted-on 3D V-Cache, while it only has 16MB ...

A CPU relies on various kinds of storage to optimally run programs and power a computer. These include components like hard disks and SSDs for long-term storage, RAM and GPU memory for fast ...

Now, AMD has doubled the L3 Cache for its 7nm 64-Core AMD EPYC Rome CPU. However, AMD is yet to officially confirm the double L3 Cache for AMD EPYC Rome CPU. A SiSoft SANDRA listing is the source ...

A typical CPU will have a shared L3 cache, but with so much L2 cache, IBM went a different direction. As [Clamchowder] explains, the chip reuses the L2 capacity to form a virtual L3 cache.

There are three levels of Processor Cache viz; L1, L2, and L3. The more of L2 and L3 cache your system has, the faster will the data be fetched, the faster will the program be executed and the ...