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In the most technical sense: Cache is RAM.
What matters is application, however. System memory (What most people think about when they say "RAM") is about storing processes and their data.
Cache on the other hand, is more geared for predicting what data will be used most and soonest and trying to keep that data on hand. Cache memory is considerably faster than system memory, but it contains far less capacity as it's about holding tidbits of information it might think are useful.
Another difference is this: System memory is entirely visible to the operating system, as it needs to manage the memory. Cache, on the other hand, is entirely transparent to all software on the system, including the operating system, and is accessed at the processor's discretion. If the CPU recieves a request for data that the cache reports it has, the CPU will recieve that data instead instead of trying to get the data from the much slower system memory.
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What type of RAM is used for cache memory?
sram is used for cache for cache memory.
What are the type of cache memory?
There are different type of cache memory: processor cache memory, cache memory ram,1 cache memory l2, cache memory, CPU cache memory, disk cache memory, hard disk cache, cache memory motherboard.
Memory cache is referred to as?
memory cache is a small amount of RAM (referred to as static RAM) that is much faster than the rest of the RAM, which is called dynamic RAM (DRAM).
A memory cache is small amount of RAM that is much faster than the rest of RAM?
A memory cache is small amount of RAM that is much faster than the rest of RAM?
Is cache memory equal to virtual memory?
No! ; Cache memory is integrated in the CPU. Virtual memory is a part of the hard drive that the OS use as ram memory, when running out of real ram memory.
What are the two types of cache memory?
There are different type of cache memory: processor cache memory, cache memory ram,1 cache memory l2, cache memory, CPU cache memory, disk cache memory, hard disk cache, cache memory motherboard.
Is Cache memory generally slower than RAM?
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. Cache Memory generally comes in smaller size (3MB, 6MB etc) than the RAM (512 MB, 1GB,2GB.....)
Which memory is optional to start a computer system?
Random access memory (ram)
What is made up with cache memory?
S RAM...static ram
If there is L2 cache in the processor housing and additional cache on the motherboard the cache on the motherboard is called cache?
The motherboard doesn't contain cache. The chips do, but the motherboard contain RAM modules. Like when you hear a PC has 512MB of memory. The cache (memory on the chip) follows lines called a bus to the RAM (memory on the motherboard).Answer: Level 3
Does cache memory has a greater capacity than RAM?
No.
What is the recommended size of cache memory in a processor?
The maximum size of a cache memory is theoretically equal to the amount of primary memory(RAM).Like Cache only memory architecture where the whole memory space is filled up with the cache only.
