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The CPU is fastest processing component in our computer. Though the other peripheral devices(RAM, Hard disk, CD Drive, etc) are very slow as comparative to CPU. These devices takes too much time to understand and use the data send by CPU. while CPU is working with its very high speed.

Because of such condition there are very high chances that Other peripherals or IO devices get flooded by data sent by CPU like bottleneck situation.

To Avoid this situation CPU maintains three cache lines, L1, L2, and L3. with positions as within CPU(L1), at boundary of CPU(L2) and Just Outside of CPU(L3).

therefore the meaning of a processor with 3 MB L3 cache mean cache line 3 can store up to 3 MB data/ addresses, to work with slow IO devices.

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