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Almost all modern CPUs feature enough L1, L2, and L3 cache for every day-to-day operation. Besides, CPU cache memory isn't the only thing determining CPU performance.

The L in L1, L2, and L3 stands for "Level", hinting at their hierarchical structure. The L1 cache is the fastest of the lot, with bandwidth close to 1TB/second and just 1 nanosecond of latency.

L1+L2 inclusive cache, L3 victim cache, write-back polices, even ECC. Source: Fritzchens Fritz Another aspect to the complexity of cache revolves around how data is kept across the various levels.

Ever been curious how L1 and L2 cache work? We're glad you asked. Here, we deep dive into the structure and nature of one of computing's most fundamental designs and innovations.

L2 cache is a bit slower to access than the L1 cache, but the trade off is that it is much, much larger—on the order of an entire megabyte on Zen 4 and a full two megabytes on Raptor Cove.

As for L1, these two signals are time-division multiplexed and combined with the secured L2SC signal by QPSK. The left main lobe of the L2SC signals coincides with the L2 FDMA center frequency of ...

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 ...