pipeline burst cache
Pipeline Burst Cache
(hardware, storage)A cache in which reading or writing a new location takesmultiple cycles but subsequent locations can be accessed ina single cycle. On Pentium systems in 1996, pipeline burstcaches are frequently used as secondary caches. The first 8bytes of data are transferred in 3 CPU cycles, and thenext 3 8-byte pieces of data are transferred in one cycleeach.