In the eighties, computer processors became faster and faster, while memory access times stagnated and hindered additional performance increases. Something had to be done to speed up memory access and ...

The development of caches and caching is one of the most significant events in the history of computing. Virtually every modern CPU core from ultra-low power chips like the ARM Cortex-A5 to the ...

James Newman was tired of trying to intuitively understand how modern microprocessors work -- so he built his own "megaprocessor," a fully functional CPU with LEDs to show where and how the chip ...