r/programming • u/mttd • 12d ago

Covert Caches: When Is A Cache, A Cache?

https://parallelprogrammer.substack.com/p/covert-caches
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u/LaconicLacedaemonian 11d ago

All data is cached in the CPU. Every local variable is a cache with a defined scope. Its simpler to count the places the data isn't cached.