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Authors:
Linda Null ,julia Lobur
Chapter:
Memory
Exercise:
Review Of Essential Terms And Concepts
Question:8 | ISBN:9780763704445 | Edition: 3

Question

8. Which of L1 or L2 cache is faster? Which is smaller? Why is it smaller?

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Answer

L1 is the faster because it reside on the chip itself. it is also smaller than L2 due to its size (8KB to 64KB)  compare to L2 (64KB to 2MB).

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