Keeping frequently used data in small, fast memories close to the processor, and virtual memory, which maps program addresses onto physical memory.
Area: Computer Engineering
Covered in
- 5EIB0 Computation II: Memory/JVM, Cache, I/O, Virtual Memory and SIMD, The Basics of Caches, Measuring and Improving Cache Performance
- 5EIB0 Computation II, resit notes: Cache (resit) - 5EIB0
- 2INC0 Operating Systems: Memory Management
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