INTEL SMART RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY SETUP PC

The drawback with this approach is that there is limited capacity on such a small SSDВ primary drive, while a larger one, say 120GBВ would then be too costly for the typical user. Of course, this feature is moot if you're already using a SSDВ for your primary hard drive, which is what some users are doing with a small, say 40GBВ 'boot' drive to store their applications and operating system. And all this will be handled automatically by the Intel software. Since a SSDВ is significantly faster than your mechanical hard drive, it will improve system performance to have your frequently used data blocks there instead of on the hard drive. What Intel Smart Response enables is this:В a small-capacity SSDВ is used as an additional layer of cache that sits between system memory and your mechanical hard drive. Logically, one uses the fastest available storage until it is exhausted and then the next and so on.

INTEL SMART RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY SETUP PC

So, if one has to rank the various layers of cache or cache-like storage on a modern PC from the fastest to the slowest, it goes like this:В cache on the CPU, system memory, and then your hard drive. Therefore, other alternatives, like system memory and the hard drive are used. However, the amount of cache on a processor is limited due to the relatively small size of the processor, and is hence, a very expensive computing resource. But it's usually much faster to access the cache on the processor (faster due to the fact that it uses higher speed RAM and also, for the case of the cache on the CPU, located very close to the processor). The system can leave this data in many areas, like system memory or the hard drive. Without getting too technical, you can think of a rough sketchbook where the PCВ leaves its oft-used applications and data, because it's very likely that they will be called into use again in the next moment. Now, for those who have no idea what a cache is for, you should know that most modern processors come with different amounts of cache, with even a hierarchy of caches, like L1 and L2. So now that you know about the switchable graphics, thanks to Virtu, on the Z68 chipset, what about the other big thing touted by Intel?В That's none other than Intel Smart Response Technology, a fancy, marketing term for what is essentially, using a solid-state disk (SSD) as a cache for your frequently used applications. Intel Smart Response Technology Introducing Intel Smart Response

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