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- From: tdbear@tandon.com (Tom Barrett)
- Subject: Re: 486 external cache
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.164732.24923@tandon.com>
- Organization: Tandon Corporation, Moorpark, CA
- References: <jburney.714920310@seamis1> <1992Aug27.123227.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <92245.084323REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:47:32 GMT
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- In article <92245.084323REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
- > Before you scoff at that 8K cache, it is NOT DIRECT MAPPED, WRITE THROUGH!
- >That Intel cache is a 4-way set associative, write back cache and is
- >roughly equivalent to the 64K external caches of most Motherboards! Of
-
- Well, instead of scoffing, I would gently like to add that it
- just depends on the program/data that is being accessed. If
- one has a "ton" of tasks operating without much time devoted
- to each slice, the 8K cache probably doesn't matter... nor a
- 1M cache for that matter. Manufacturers give very good spec
- :)
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