CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD is reportedly cooking up two new Ryzen 9000 series "Zen 5" CPUs with higher TDPs and massive injection of L3 cache, according to new leaks. In a new ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. AMD revealed some more details about its upcoming 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa-X" CPU family at its Financial Day 2022 event, and boy, it packs some beef. The new ...

Necessity is the mother of invention, and advances in chip packaging are catching up to those in transistor design when it comes to working in three dimensions instead of the much more limited two.

AMD may have doubled the per-core L3 cache on its 7nm Rome server CPUs, along with various architectural changes and improvements. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

I have immersed myself in the tech world for over five years, focusing my efforts on providing readers with in-depth reviews of gadgets. Exploring the ins and outs of the latest tech has been quite a ...

Intel is set to give its mobile processors a major bump in L3 cache starting with its Tiger Lake-U lineup due out next year, according to newly leaked data. Assuming the information is accurate, Tiger ...

The gap between the performance of processors, broadly defined, and the performance of DRAM main memory, also broadly defined, has been an issue for at least three decades when the gap really started ...

In the early days of computing, everything ran quite a bit slower than what we see today. This was not only because the computers' central processing units – CPUs – were slow, but also because ...

Microsoft has released a build 22000.282 (KB5006746) as an optional update before its release with Patch Tuesday. The update has many changes, notably, the L3 cache issue on Ryzen. Last week, ...