Advantages of Cache Memory
- Cache Memory is faster in comparison to main memory and secondary memory.
- Programs stored by Cache Memory can be executed in less time.
- The data access time of Cache Memory is less than that of the main memory.
- Cache Memory stored data and instructions that are regularly used by the CPU, therefore it increases the performance of the CPU.
Cache Memory in Computer Organization
Pre-Requisite: Computer Memory
Cache Memory is a special very high-speed memory. The cache is a smaller and faster memory that stores copies of the data from frequently used main memory locations. There are various different independent caches in a CPU, which store instructions and data. The most important use of cache memory is that it is used to reduce the average time to access data from the main memory.