When talking about CPU specifications, in addition to clock speed and number of cores/threads, ' CPU cache memory ' is sometimes mentioned. Developer Gabriel G. Cunha explains what this CPU cache ...

System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers have a problem, a big problem in fact, Random Access Memory (RAM) is slow, too slow, it just can’t keep up. So they came up with a workaround and it is called cache ...

Since the dawn of civilization, the computing bottleneck has been the tawdry I/O relationship between disk drives and RAM (random access memory). The emergence of SSDs (solid state drives) loosened ...

Hard drives have long utilized small bits of cache memory to boost performance, and some recent hybrid hard drives already combine up to 256MB of NAND flash memory with traditional platter-based ...

When buying a PC, it’s not just one single component that counts, like the best graphics card or the most powerful CPU. Instead, you need to consider many individual parts when making your decision.

Welcome to ExtremeTech's comprehensive RAM guide, in which we'll answer a broad range of questions related to how much system RAM you need these days, whether or not it's worth it to upgrade older ...

The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is the flagship Zen 4 CPU thanks to the immense power it churns out. It contains 3D V-Caching design, which is the CPUs most prized possession. However, in order to make the most ...