Cache Memory Cache (pronounced cash) memory is extremely fast memory that is built into a computers central processing

unit (CPU), or located next to it on a separate chip. The CPU uses cache memory to store instructions that are repeatedly required to run programs, improving overall system speed

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Advantage The advantage of cache memory is that the CPU does not have to use the motherboards system bus for data transfer. Whenever data must be passed through the system bus, the data transfer speed slows to the motherboards capability. The CPU can process data much faster by avoiding the bottleneck created by the system bus.

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Cache memory is random access memory (RAM) that a computer Microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular RAM. As the microprocessor processes data, it looks first in the cache memory and if it finds the data there (from a previous reading of data), it does not have to do the more time-consuming reading of data from larger memory

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Cache memory is sometimes described in levels of closeness and accessibility to the microprocessor Cache built into the CPU itself is referred to as Level 1 (L1) cache. An L1 cache is on the same chip as the microprocessor Cache that resides on a separate chip next to the CPU is called Level 2 ( L2) cache L2 is usually a separate static RAM (SRAM) chip. The main RAM is usually a dynamic RAM (DRAM) chip. Some CPUs have both L1 and L2 cache built-in and designate the separate cache chip as Level 3 (L3) cache.

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In addition to cache memory, RAM itself as a cache of memory for hard disk storage since all of RAM's contents come from the hard disk initially when computer is turned on, the operating system is loaded into RAM and new applications can be started and data can be accesseds RAM can also contain a special area called a disk cache that contains the data most recently read in from the hard disk

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Cache that is built into the CPU is faster than separate cache, running at the speed of the microprocessor itself. separate cache is still roughly twice as fast as Random Access Memory (RAM). Cache is more expensive than RAM, but it is well worth getting a CPU and motherboard with built-in cache in order to maximize system performance.

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Memory
Referred to the chip based storage Memory is one or more sets of chips that store data, program or instructions either temporarily or permanent Difference between memory and storage Memory is chip based storage RAM chips located inside the computer storage is disk based storage computer hard drive, or removable storage media such as floppy disk, CDs

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Memory refers computers main memory that is RAM random access memory Other types are Cache memory and registers ROM and flash memory

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