> The diagram shows each core has icache and dcache; what they've ditched is cache coherency.
This is not quite true: the local data memories are not caches, i.e., they do not implicitly move memory in from a more distant tier in the memory hierarchy. They are just plain explicitly managed local memories (sometimes called "scratchpads" to distinguish them from caches).
This is not quite true: the local data memories are not caches, i.e., they do not implicitly move memory in from a more distant tier in the memory hierarchy. They are just plain explicitly managed local memories (sometimes called "scratchpads" to distinguish them from caches).