It is possible to reduce the amount of time spent accessing the various levels of the memory hierarchy by making use of buffers. For the above setup, please list any conceivable buffers that exist between the L1 and L2 caches, as well as any buffers that exist between the L2 cache and the RAM.
It is possible to reduce the amount of time spent accessing the various levels of the memory hierarchy by making use of buffers. For the above setup, please list any conceivable buffers that exist between the L1 and L2 caches, as well as any buffers that exist between the L2 cache and the RAM.
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It is possible to reduce the amount of time spent accessing the various levels of the memory hierarchy by making use of buffers. For the above setup, please list any conceivable buffers that exist between the L1 and L2 caches, as well as any buffers that exist between the L2 cache and the RAM.
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