By: Joe (you.delete@this.atyourperil.com), November 14, 2012 10:38 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
randomshinichi (randomshinichi4869.delete@this.gmail.com) on November 14, 2012 2:53 am wrote:
> Since when did L3 cache suddenly become LLC? Or is this some kind of Intel architecture
> specific term? I think I've been seeing LLC floating around since Sandy Bridge.
It can be a handy convention when different architectures, with different cache hierarchies, end up using their "outermost" level of cache for some of the same things (eg coherency), allowing you to draw comparisons without getting bogged down in the details. It's not surprising this site, which spends more time comparing different architectures than most, would be fond of it.
> Since when did L3 cache suddenly become LLC? Or is this some kind of Intel architecture
> specific term? I think I've been seeing LLC floating around since Sandy Bridge.
It can be a handy convention when different architectures, with different cache hierarchies, end up using their "outermost" level of cache for some of the same things (eg coherency), allowing you to draw comparisons without getting bogged down in the details. It's not surprising this site, which spends more time comparing different architectures than most, would be fond of it.
