The disk cache in OS X can sometimes use a fair amount of the system's RAM, and clearing it can help you figure out how much RAM your applications and system processes are using. Topher, an avid Mac ...

One of the greatest challenges facing the designers of many-core processors is resource contention. The chart below visually lays out the problem of resource contention, but for most of us the idea is ...

RAM, or Random Access Memory, is what your computer uses to multi-task. Most devices with any kind of computer inside, whether it’s a PC, laptop, smartphone, or game console, will require a minimum ...

Why it matters: A RAM drive is traditionally conceived as a block of volatile memory "formatted" to be used as a secondary storage disk drive. RAM disks are extremely fast compared to HDDs or even ...

Multiple PC OEMs are selling laptops outfitted with Intel Optane cache drives -- but they're improperly combining that information in ways that makes it seem as if the Optane cache drive represents ...

We've talked about moving your cache files to a RAM disk to speed things up, but it turns out Firefox has this feature built in. Here's how to turn it on. Move Your Caches to a RAM Disk to Reduce Wear ...

PrimoCache delivers noticeable speed improvements on systems with ample RAM and slower drives that frequently read and write data, while on high-end systems its main benefit is reducing wear and tear ...

A novel configurable last level cache IP with per-master way partitioning, scratchpad RAM allocation, AXI interfaces and functional safety mechanisms. As artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous ...

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everspin Technologies today announced that Buffalo Memory is introducing a new industrial SATA III SSD that incorporates Everspin’s Spin-Torque MRAM (ST-MRAM) as ...

TL;DR: A trusted AMD leaker reveals the unannounced PlayStation handheld will feature AMD's Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme chip with AI upscaling, 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, and enhanced cache. It offers one-third of PS5 ...