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Main Memory

• The heap + static area of JVM.

• Stores all variables (shared across threads).

• Every read/write in theory should go here.

Thread Local Cache (Working Memory)

• Each thread keeps a local copy of variables it is using (in CPU registers or caches).

• Improves performance (avoids reading main memory repeatedly).

• But → can cause visibility issues: one thread’s update may not be visible to others
immediately.

Example

class Example {

boolean flag = false;

void writer() {

flag = true; // write may stay in thread’s cache

void reader() {

if (flag) { // may still see old value (false) from cache

System.out.println("Flag is true");

Without proper synchronization/volatile, reader() might never see flag = true.

Fix with volatile

volatile boolean flag = false;

• Ensures writes flush to main memory and reads fetch latest value.

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