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Structure of Intel CPU Caches

This is a good article about Intel CPU cache organization. 

I am posting this here to keep a track of this article and share with others. 

"This post shows briefly how CPU caches are organized in modern Intel processors. Cache discussions often lack concrete examples, obfuscating the simple concepts involved. Or maybe my pretty little head is slow. At any rate, here’s half the story on how a Core 2 L1 cache is accessed:"

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/intel-cpu-caches

Discussion on Hacker News (Ycombinator) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=431263

 

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