What are two main types of cache memory?
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Well I know 3 types of cache. That's what I have learnt
There are three types or levels of cache memory:
1)Level 1 cache
2)Level 2 cache
3)Level 3 cache
L1 cache, or primary cache, is extremely fast but relatively small, and is usually embedded in the processor chip as CPU cache.
L2 cache, or secondary cache, is often more capacious than L1. L2 cache may be embedded on the CPU, or it can be on a separate chip or coprocessor and have a high-speed alternative system bus connecting the cache and CPU. That way it doesn't get slowed by traffic on the main system bus.
Level 3 (L3) cache is specialized memory developed to improve the performance of L1 and L2. L1 or L2 can be significantly faster than L3, though L3 is usually double the speed of RAM. With multicore processors, each core can have dedicated L1 and L2 cache, but they can share an L3 cache. If an L3 cache references an instruction, it is usually elevated to a higher level of cache.
Two types of caching are commonly used in personal computers: memory caching and disk caching. A memory cache (sometimes called a cache store, a memory buffer, or a RAM cache) is a portion of memory made up of high-speed static RAM (SRAM) instead of the slower and cheaper dynamic RAM (DRAM