A resourceful user was able to turn the tiny 3D cache memory built by AMD in its latest consumer processors into a secondary, albeit puny storage unit....
L3 cache sits on the same chip as the CPU, its incredibly fast and usually pretty small (96MB in this example). This software turns that little bit of memory into a ram disk. Why not make the L3 cache bigger I hear you say - cause its expensive.
Also, the cache is usually used for code so if you use the cache for data your software will run slower.
L3 cache sits on the same chip as the CPU, its incredibly fast and usually pretty small (96MB in this example). This software turns that little bit of memory into a ram disk. Why not make the L3 cache bigger I hear you say - cause its expensive.
Also, the cache is usually used for code so if you use the cache for data your software will run slower.