what do they mean by L2 Cace range? [Archive]

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Bmxpunk86pl

11-23-01, 05:33 PM

yea what is that on a processor? sometimes its like64Gig?

flounder43

11-23-01, 05:34 PM

Do you mean cache? That is simply the cache on the cpu. L2 means "level 2". On an Athlon, for example, you have 128K L1 cache and 256K L2 cache.

Bmxpunk86pl

11-23-01, 05:42 PM

sorry for the spelling, yea i meant Cache. What is the "Cache range" thing? like 64gig

flounder43

11-23-01, 05:53 PM

Jeez, you got me on that one. I am trying to look it up, and cannot find an easy answer...

jazztrumpet216

11-23-01, 07:14 PM

I thought it was maximum amount of cacheable amount of RAM, but with on-die caches, I have no idea...

jstnomega

11-23-01, 08:31 PM

more about cache than you wanna know splained here

http://www.systemlogic.net/articles/00/10/cache/print.php

flounder43

11-23-01, 08:34 PM

Thanks for the link...

Maximus Nickus

11-24-01, 09:30 AM

L1 cache is on cpu l2 is on board...correct me if im wrong!!!

"No one will ever need more than 640KB of RAM."
-Bill Gates-
WRONG!!!! Mines exact, don't know about the date though!!! LOL!