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rsfernyesterday at 8:39 PM1 replyview on HN

It seems like an opportunity for a hierarchical cache. Instead of just nuking all context on eviction, couldn’t there be an L2 cache with a longer eviction time so task switching for an hour doesn’t require a full session replay?


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sfinktoday at 4:34 PM

Living where? If it's in the GPU, then it's still taking up precious space that could be used for serving other sessions. If it's not in the GPU, then it doesn't help.