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The Memory Hierarchy
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No single memory technology excels at speed, size, cost, and permanence at once — so systems layer several technologies, fastest and smallest nearest the processor, each level backing the one above.
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A librarian's desk, the open stacks, and the archive serve one reader at three speeds.
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The hierarchy is a treaty among imperfect materials.