https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Is-L2-Cache-Inclusive-to-L1-Instruction-Cache-micro-op-cache-in/m-p/1012191#M3790 <P>Do you not believe what is written in the architecture docs, not to mention many interesting web pages since Nehalem?</P> <P>If you have an assignment to look these things up, why are you asking here for answers which you probably need to check anyway?</P> <P>Where it says loop stream detector keeps decoded micro-ops in Instruction Decoder Queue it seems to imply that the instructions cached in L1I or L2 (with exclusivity) remain coded; besides, the stated limits on size of micro-op queue are far smaller than L1.&nbsp; It's a lot like the advertisements, "up to" such and such.</P> Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:00:59 GMT TimP 2015-10-10T14:00:59Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Is-L2-Cache-Inclusive-to-L1-Instruction-Cache-micro-op-cache-in/m-p/1012190#M3789 <P>Is the micro op cache inclusive to L1 Instruction Cache?</P> <P>Is the L2 Cache Inclusive to L1 Instruction Cache?</P> Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:16:43 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Is-L2-Cache-Inclusive-to-L1-Instruction-Cache-micro-op-cache-in/m-p/1012190#M3789 Steven_P_1 2015-10-10T00:16:43Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Is-L2-Cache-Inclusive-to-L1-Instruction-Cache-micro-op-cache-in/m-p/1012191#M3790 <P>Do you not believe what is written in the architecture docs, not to mention many interesting web pages since Nehalem?</P> <P>If you have an assignment to look these things up, why are you asking here for answers which you probably need to check anyway?</P> <P>Where it says loop stream detector keeps decoded micro-ops in Instruction Decoder Queue it seems to imply that the instructions cached in L1I or L2 (with exclusivity) remain coded; besides, the stated limits on size of micro-op queue are far smaller than L1.&nbsp; It's a lot like the advertisements, "up to" such and such.</P> Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:00:59 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Software-Tuning-Performance/Is-L2-Cache-Inclusive-to-L1-Instruction-Cache-micro-op-cache-in/m-p/1012191#M3790 TimP 2015-10-10T14:00:59Z