What is Cache Memory

Be it computer or mobile, you must have heard about Cache Memory, most of the people have heard about harddisk as memory or about RAM but what is this cache memory? And where is it and what are the benefits of Cache Memory, let’s try to know what is Cache Memory.

Cache memory, whether it is of the phone or of the computer, does any work very fast, in fact the cache memory is very small in size but much faster than the main memory of the computer, it is called the CPU. Also called memory, the programs and instructions that are used repeatedly, cache memory saves them inside itself,The processor checks the cache memory before processing any data and if that file is not found there, then after that it checks the RAM ie primary memory, thus you get the computer and your phone also works faster.

Advantages of Cache Memory

The computer processor normally takes about 180 nanoseconds (1 second = 1 billion nanoseconds) to read data from RAM but when this data is retrieved from cache memory it takes only 45 nanoseconds. If so, then you must have understood how profitable is the cache memory in the computer and the phone, due to the cache memory, the speed of your phone and computer increases significantly.

Disadvantages of Cache Memory

Cache memory data is prepared during the use of the application and creates a temporary file related to that application which is in use of your CPU but the data is not automatically deleted from the cache memory. The size of the cache memory is very small. Because it fills up quickly and your computer and mobile hangs.

What is the remedy

To avoid the cache memory getting full, keep cleaning it at intervals of some time, this will not harm your computer or phone, the CPU will prepare it as per your requirement.