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In practicality intel CPUs have pulled down 128 bytes at a minimum when you access memory for a very long time. 64 byte cache lines are there an part of other
by CyberDildonics 2y ago
In practicality intel CPUs have pulled down 128 bytes at a minimum when you access memory for a very long time.
64 byte cache lines are there an part of other alignment boundaries for things like atomics, but accessing memory pull down two cache lines at time.
- Tuna-Fish 2y agoMemory fetch length and coherency unit size are different things, and the latter matters much more.