Smart Cache
"Smart Cache" is a level 2 or level 3 cache method for multiple-execution cores invented by Intel. It shares the cache among cores (CPU Core or GPU). In comparison to a dedicated cache per core the overall cache miss rate decreases in times where not all cores need equally much cache space. Consequently a single core can use the full level 2 cache or level 3 cache, if the other cores are inactive.[1] Furthermore the shared cache makes it faster to share memory among different execution cores.[2]
References
- ^ "Intel® Smart Cache: Demo". Intel. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "Inside Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture and Smart Memory Access" (PDF (183KiB)). Intel. 2006. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-01-26.