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Nvidia bundles GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache-based graphics cards with mobos
April 4, 2005 – 11:13 AM in NVIDIA
Nvidia has partnered with four motherboard makers to push the sales of 915PL chipset-based motherboards that bundle GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache-based graphics cards, according to sources at Nvidia Taiwan.
Larger cache to keep Pentium 4 competitive until arrival of dual-cores
October 20, 2004 – 3:24 PM
Intel's decision to cancel the 4 GHz Pentium 4 580J shifts the bragging rights for the fastest desktop processors into AMD's hands for some time. The Athlon 64 FX-55 and 4000+ outpace Intel's processors on paper as well as in benchmarks. Intel plans to stay competitive with larger cache sizes until dual-core chips are available.
Flash memory could slash boot time of Intel Merom computers by 50%
March 8, 2006 – 11:47 AM
In one of the more elaborate technology demonstrations of this year's Spring IDF, Intel devoted part of one of its Tuesday afternoon keynotes to premiere its "Robson" Flash cache technology, which will be used to accelerate boot times for the OS and applications.
Intel's Yonah dual-core processor to get 'Smart Cache'
June 2, 2005 – 3:00 PM
Intel provided several updates about its first mobile dual-core processor "Yonah". The chip, scheduled to enter production late in 2005, will be equipped with 2 MByte shared L2 cache, as well as a shared bus architecture.
Intel Roadmap update #2: Flash cache coming to your notebook
November 7, 2006 – 3:56 PM
In this second edition of our Intel roadmap update, we are focusing on Intel's mobile product lineup for 2007. Similar to the desktop, there aren't big processor plans, with the exception of slight Core 2 Duo T updates. The real news next year will be the Santa Rosa platform: Expect notebooks to run faster with flash cache and see new features such as integrated wireless broadband.

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Does Cache Size Really Boost Performance?
October 24, 2007 – 9:35 AM
Intel's Core 2 processors run the gamut with 1 MB, 2 MB and 4 MB of second-level cache. After comparing all three options at a 2.4 GHz clock speed, we learned that the importance of L2 cache must not be underestimated.
Western Digital WD1200JB With 8 MB Cache: Outperforms SCSI Drives
March 5, 2002 – 12:07 PM
Western Digital demonstrates what can be done with top-notch IDE drives: The WD1200JB arms itself with an 8 MB cache to beat off its competitors and make its way towards SCSI performance - all of this at an acceptable price, of course. What can we expect from this mega-drive?
New Performers From Western Digital: 100 GB Hard Disk With 8 MB Cache, Plus A New 120 GB Drive
November 20, 2001 – 12:06 PM in Business
Western Digital was the first to release a 100 GB hard drive running at 7200 rpm. Now, WD has come out with new version of this model, increasing the original 2 MB buffer to 8 MB. They've released a 120 GB hard drive as well. We took a close look at both of these high-end models.
Dual Xeon Duo: What Good Is the L3 Cache?
August 11, 2003 – 1:02 PM
The workstation version of the Xeon now has an additional L3 cache. Facing off: Dual Xeon 3.06 GHz with and without L3 cache. That begs the question - what good is it?