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It's just shorthand for "level 2 cache", "level 3 cache", "instruction cache" and "data cache".
by 0x000xca0xfe 1y ago
It's just shorthand for "level 2 cache", "level 3 cache", "instruction cache" and "data cache".
- daneel_w 1y agoYes, obviously. It's just the first time I've seen a CPU designer/manufacturer use such relaxed "informality" in a spec sheet.
- DiabloD3 1y agoI've been seeing it more and more, especially with vendors that don't speak a western language on their spec sheets. Everyone can tell what L1$ means, but what would L1 缓存 mean?
- Findecanor 1y agoI follow RISC-V and see it all the time. CPU manufacturers also aren't using Unicode, using the letter u instead of µ (micro), and the letter A instead of Å (the unit Ångström).
- jasonwatkinspdx 1y agoThe slides are for Hot Chips, which is a very engineering focused venue. It's not your normal marketing stuff.
- Brian_K_White 1y agoI got it, and hate it. It's approximately like putting an emoticon that looks like money in there. Hey maybe the emoticon can be a pile of gold coins, then it would still be a cache as well as cash.