Question

What are the storage hierarchy? Which is the fastest memory in a computer system? Which is faster, cache or ragister and why?

Answer 1

cpu cache - memory located on the processor chip (VOLATILE)

on-board cache - located on circuit board; fastest external memory available (VOLATILE)

main memory - i.e., Simms, software managed (VOLATILE)

secondary memory - i.e., hard drive (NON-VOLATILE)

slow secondary memory - e.g., tapes, diskettes (NON-VOLATILE)