Digital Trends

It’s time for PC gamers to reckon with cache, and AMD is leading the way

Cache isn’t something PC gamers think nearly enough about. At least, that seems to be AMD’s thinking as of late. With the release of 3D V-Cache on the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, though, AMD just proved its ...
Gizmodo

AMD’s Top of the Stack 3D V-Cache CPU Pushes Even the RTX 3090 to Its Limits

Saying that it has been a busy launch season for AMD is an incredible understatement. Not only did we see the release of the high powered, high performing Ryzen 7000X Series, but we also got a full ...
cbswatchmagazine

Suspected AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 With 192 MB 3D V-Cache CPU Benchmarks Unveiled

The tech world is buzzing with excitement over the latest news from AMD. The company's next move in the CPU market seems to ...
TweakTown

You can forget about AMD Zen 5 16-core CPU with dual X3D cache - it's a fake rumor, we're told

TL;DR: A recent rumor about a high-end 16-core AMD Ryzen 9000 3D V-Cache CPU with dual cache - X3D atop both chiplets - has been debunked by a trusted leaker (although we should still take this ...
PC Gamer

Intel's next-gen CPUs could deliver a 75% increase in L2 cache, which would be big news for gamers

If a Core i9 15900K tips up with eight Performance cores and 32 Efficient cores, we're looking at potentially 56MB of L2 cache. At least. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
SlashGear

The One Thing Intel Knows It Needs To Compete With AMD's X3D CPU Lineup

Intel was already on thin ice after the Raptor Lake instability issues, and its current Arrow Lake series hasn't exactly helped. Despite a new platform, higher clock speeds, and more cores, the latest ...
Embedded

Understanding cache placement

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are ...