In the early days of computing, everything ran quite a bit slower than what we see today. This was not only because the computers' central processing units – CPUs – were slow, but also because ...

System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers have a problem, a big problem in fact, Random Access Memory (RAM) is slow, too slow, it just can’t keep up. So they came up with a workaround and it is called cache ...

CPUs have a number of caching levels. We've discussed cache structures generally, in our L1 & L2 explainer, but we haven't spent as much time discussing how an L3 works or how it's different compared ...

In a computer, the entire memory can be separated into different levels based on access time and capacity. Figure 1 shows different levels in the memory hierarchy. Smaller and faster memories are kept ...

Have you ever found yourself waiting impatiently for your Synology NAS to catch up with your demands—whether it’s loading files, running backups, or managing virtual machines? Many of us rely on NAS ...

However, as time marches on, the volume of these temporary files can grow unwieldy, leading to a cluttered cache that may do more harm than good. This accumulation can bog down your computer’s ...