[OT] Hardware Info Help

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

Aaron Grewell <mailto:agrewell at uwb.edu> typed thusly on Wednesday, January
08, 2003 2:17 PM:

> Both are available, but it should be noted that it's on-chip L3 cache.
> L2 is still 256K or 512K depending on what model you buy.  The L3 isn't
> as fast as the L1 or L2, and is only really useful in database and 

OK, folks, thanks for continuing the topic.  Now, if you'll continue my
education, what are L1, L2 and L3 cache?  I know what cache is, just not the
difference between these types.


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Tom  :-})

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