In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

Have you ever found yourself waiting impatiently for your Synology NAS to catch up with your demands—whether it’s loading files, running backups, or managing virtual machines? Many of us rely on NAS ...

CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...

The development of caches and caching is one of the most significant events in the history of computing. Virtually every modern CPU core from ultra-low power chips like the ARM Cortex-A5 to the ...

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are kept ...

This guide is designed to show you how to quickly and easily clear your cache on a MacBook. Apple’s macOS is renowned for its efficiency, but like any operating system, it occasionally needs a little ...