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Smart Computing Article - Keeping Data Handy

August 2000 • Vol.4 Issue 3 Page(s) 14-19 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Cache Memory Stores Information Close By For Speedy CPUs Who Brought The Slow Guy? When the CPU (central processing unit) needs data, it checks the fastest storage areas—the caches—before it looks in RAM (random-access memory) or a slower device. Here's a simplified list of the storage areas available in a typical computer system, in order of data transfer speed from fastest to slowest. This list doesn't apply perfectly to every situation. For example, some Internet connections may outpace a diskette drive. Also,
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