Cache memory is a vital part of a PC's performance and efficiency. However, you can't directly control how much cache you'll have available, and are only able to clear it when it gets too full.

Both Spectre and Meltdown use cache in a timing based attack. Since cached memory is much faster to access, an attacker can measure access time to determine if memory is coming from RAM or the cache.

What exactly is cache? We have packed together everything you need to know about caches and how they are important to modern-day technology.

Now, CPU cache memory is not homogenous it exists in three (occasionally four) variants, namely L1, L2, and L3. The primary differences between these three variants will come down to speed ...

Clearing cache may not be advisable for all purposes, but sometimes it's just what your phone needs to work properly again ...

Memory is broken up into banks, rows, and columns. To pull a random byte of data from memory requires the memory bank to close the currently open row, open a new row, and then access a specific ...

Optane Memory uses a "least recently used" (LRU) approach to determine what gets stored in the fast cache. All initial data reads come from the slower HDD storage, and the data gets copied over to ...

IBM Research approaches a technology breakthrough with non-volatile magnetic memory IBM scientists believe they are closing in on resolving the remaining limitations that have relegated magnetic ...

Multiple OEMs are marketing systems as if their total memory loadout is equivalent to their actual DRAM + Optane cache. That's not how this works.