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The third trade off is cycle time; the larger the memory, the longer it takes to access it. This is why L1 caches are typically 16-64 KiB and despite that acce
by FullyFunctional 10y ago
The third trade off is cycle time; the larger the memory, the longer it takes to access it. This is why L1 caches are typically 16-64 KiB and despite that access is typically 2-3 cycles. However, 3+ cycles is difficult to hide in an in-order processor like this.