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- From: rschnapp@metaflow.com (Russ Schnapp)
- Subject: Re: Memory Hierarchy Questions
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- References: <y6#nqyb.ken@netcom.com> <1992Aug21.071534.3737@newsroom.bsc.no>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:39:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug21.071534.3737@newsroom.bsc.no>, izahi@bsc.no (Raul Izahi Lopez Hernandez) writes:
- |> In article <y6#nqyb.ken@netcom.com> ken@netcom.com (Ken Kofman) writes:
- |> >Hi,
- |> >
- |> >I have a few questions, and I hope this is the right place to post them.
- |> >
- |> >Along these lines, I have also developed an interest in learning about
- |> >the kinds of memory hierarchies being designed into real-world larger
- |> >systems. The Patterson/Hennessey book was a good start, but I'm also
- |> >interested in actual data. How does doubling main memory from 200Meg to
- |> >400Meg, from 0.5Gig to 1Gig, or from 1Gig to 2 impact the miss rate?
- |>
- |> It will not affect the miss rate.
- |> The miss rate of such a system is solely determined by the cache so
- |> increasing main memory will only decrease the miss penalty since the pager
- |> has to go to disk less often.
- |> In the real world of large environmental simulations it DOES help to
- |> increase main memory of workstations to 256-512MB+ levels.
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- Remember that a virtual memory heirarchy includes the page fault rate.
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- The page fault rate will be extremely dependent upon the application
- mix, the processor, etc. I have no data for you.
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