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Memory Hierarchy. Since 1980, CPU has outpaced DRAM... CPU 60% per yr 2X in 1.5 yrs DRAM 9% per yr 2X in 10 yrs 10 DRAM CPU Performance (1/latency) 100.
1 Computer Architecture Cache Memory. 2 Today is brought to you by cache What do we want? –Fast access to data from memory –Large size of memory –Acceptable.