Memory Architecture
Total size Block sz Latency Bandwidth
CPU Register ~1kB 4B 0
1st Cache ~100kB 4B ~3ns ~GB/s
2nd Cache ~1MB 16B ~10ns ~GB/s
Main memory ~0.1GB 256B ~100ns
Swap disk ~1GB 4kB ~2ms 10MB/s
File ~10GB ~100kB ~10ms ~10MB/s
HSM
Data Server ~0.5TB 0.1-1GB ~100ms 1~10MB/s
Tape ~10TB - 60s 1~10MB/s
Memory Architecture