Difference between Cache and Translation LookAside Buffer[TLB]

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Kaizen picture Kaizen · Dec 29, 2009 · Viewed 22.5k times · Source

What is the difference between Cache and Translation LookAside Buffer [TLB] ?

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Mayur K picture Mayur K · Nov 16, 2012

Cache stores the actual contents of the memory.

TLB on the other hand, stores only mapping. TLB speeds up the process of locating the operands in the memory.

Cache speeds up the process of reading those operands by copying them to a faster physical memory.

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