Big cache lines and big pages together. 16 kB pages combined with 128-byte lines means it can be 8-way set associative and still take advantage of a VIPT struc

Big cache lines and big pages together. 16 kB pages combined with 128-byte lines means it can be 8-way set associative and still take advantage of a VIPT structure. Larger pages mean that performance on memory-mapped small files will suffer... which is a use-case that Apple doesn't normally care about in its client computers. Larger cache lines mean that highly mulththreaded server loads could suffer from false sharing more often. Again, its a client computer so who cares? Regarding the definition of "huge": A64FX uses 256B cache lines. Granted its a numerical computing vector machine, but still. Huge covers a lot of ground.