Question

10. Write short notes on any three of the following:
(a) Cache memory​

Answer 1

Answer:

A Cache (Pronounced as “cash”) is a small and very fast temporary storage memory. It is designed to speed up the transfer of data and instructions. It is located inside or close to the CPU chip. It is faster than RAM and the data/instructions that are most recently or most frequently used by CPU are stored in cache.

Answer 2

cache memory is a small RAM inside the processor.

cache memory is the same as a DRAM the only difference is that SRAM(cache memory) works faster than DRAM. there are different levels of SRAM(cache memory).

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