What is precisely the distinction between the context storage and the L1 cache?
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@crow context storage referrers to execution contexts that are used to keep special registers' values. L1 cache refers to memory hierarchy's second level - SRAM-based cache memory. The former keeps the running status, the latter keeps data.
What is precisely the distinction between the context storage and the L1 cache?
@crow context storage referrers to execution contexts that are used to keep special registers' values. L1 cache refers to memory hierarchy's second level - SRAM-based cache memory. The former keeps the running status, the latter keeps data.