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Re:Exploring How Cache Memory Works by CyberDildonics on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @04:08PM (#40804092)
In practicality intel CPUs have pulled down 128 bytes at a minimum when you access memory for a very long time.

64 byte cache lines are there an part of other alignment boundaries for things like atomics, but accessing memory pull down two cache lines at time.

Re:Exploring How Cache Memory Works by Tuna-Fish on Saturday June 29, 2024 @07:59AM (#40829755)
Memory fetch length and coherency unit size are different things, and the latter matters much more.