Items tagged with cache
If you're a budding young tech enthusiast or simply a casual PC purchaser, you may have seen "cache" listed in the specifications for this or that processor and wondered what exactly that is. It's been a major marketing point for CPUs for decades, and recently it has even become a matter of discussion for...
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Back in the day, Google cached websites when there was a chance that they might not load or is users needed an archival version to see what a website looked like previously. However, those use cases have mostly fallen by the wayside, so the search engine has decided to retire the feature. However, there are other...
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Thanks to a mix of official, semi-official, and leaked data, aspects of Intel’s Meteor Lake (MTL) processors and architecture are coming into sharper focus. A case in point is a Sisoft Sandra sysinfo tool leak this weekend, exposing details of an upcoming Meteor Lake-P (MTL-P) laptop chip with 128MB of L4 cache and a...
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Early last week, Intel revealed its Optane SSD DC P4800X featuring 3D Xpoint memory technology. The Optane SSD DC P4800X is an enterprise-class product, targeted at data centers and mission-critical applications where reliable, ultra-low-latency access to large amounts of data is paramount. Today, Intel is introducing...
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In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two and Half Geeks webcast, Dave, Marco and Iyaz discuss AMD's new Trinity A10 mobile processor, NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 670 graphics card, Dell's hot UltraSharp U3011 30-inch IPS LCD, and Corsair's Accelerator SSD Cache drive. We also mention the winners of our Spring Tegra 3...
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Solid State Drives are a fabulous way to boost a system's performance, but for all their strong points, they aren't an easy upgrade for a lot of people. Performance can vary significantly between manufacturers, only the most expensive drives can replace the need for an HDD in an enthusiast / data-heavy system, and...
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Using a small-capacity SSD as a cache for frequently-accessed data to boost a PC’s overall performance (leaving less speed-critical tasks to a slower and larger-capacity storage drive) is a common practice these days, and Crucial announced a new foray into the market with its Adrenaline Solid State Cache...
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The idea of using an SSD as a caching tool--placing more frequently-used files on the SSD and leaving the rest on a slower storage drive--is a great one, but many users have found that setting up the SSD cache can be tricky. Crucial’s new Adrenaline Solid State Cache Solution offers a slightly more elegant way of configuring such a setup;...
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Have you ever heard of "caching?" You probably have, but you may assume we're simply talking about the caching of files, or perhaps an L2 cache on a CPU. But when speaking about GPS units and outdoor activities, caching refers to something else: a grown-up version of hide-and-seek. And now, Garmin is stepping up to the challenge and inviting...
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EE Times has discovered some interesting information regarding a new partnership AMD has developed that could result in processors using up to 5MB L2 cache in the very near future. Dubbed Z-RAM, this new memory technology from Innovative Silicon uses a SOI process to allow for some extremely dense and higher capacities. Two years from now,...
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Digitimes is reporting that "sources" claim Apple will be introducing a new notebook utilizing Intel Robson Cache Technology. Basically, the system uses NAND flash memory for booting and running most commonly run programs. Along with major improvements in boot times, battery life should be...
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Sapphire Radeon X300SE HyperMemory & Leadtek WinFast PX6200 TC TDH @ Bjorn3D: "To make a respectable profit in the video card industry, a company cannot rely on its flagship cards to bring in high margins. Instead, a graphics card company must produce mid-level and low-end cards that will sell in big lots to...
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Hello Everyone, HotHardware's Jeff Bouton gives us his performance evaluation of ATi's X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory based card vs. NVIDIA's GeForce 6200 128MB TurboCache offering. It was a battle royale in the budget graphic arena for sure. Check it out here. Thanks!...
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Good morning HotHardware fans! We've got two new articles posted up for you today. In the first we take a look at ATI's brand new Radeon X800 XL. This card will appeal to anyone in the market for a high-end PCI Express graphics card, as its got all of the features of an X800 XT, but it's MSRP is actually less than $300! Click...
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The performance and capabilities of 3D graphics cards for the PC have been increasing at an exponential rate these past few years. High-end video cards that debuted at $500 just over a year ago, are now being surpassed in features and performance by cards being introduced at prices at or below $200. This unyielding drive to push...
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Cooling The Cache ! Decapsulating the P2 and delivering a cool breeze over your cache! I got a little bored Saturday night and decided to "pull a Kyle" on my Pentium 2-333. This was a serious leap of faith in that this processor already does 500+ Mhz. very stable on most BX motherboards. I really didn't have a lot of...
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