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- From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)
- Subject: Re: Accelerator Performance
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.180602.20643@news.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 18:06:02 GMT
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- [faster cache ram magically makes the zip run faster]
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- The answer is NO. The speed of a Zip is determined solely by the crystal
- oscillator that generates the timing signals (and of course the speed of the
- '816 chip on it). Running faster SRAMs simply means that the SRAMs -can-
- keep up with a faster processor, not that they -will- make said processor
- faster. Its like putting racing fuel in a regular car: sure, the fuel is
- capable of being used in race cars to go at high speeds, but in your regular
- car the engine ('816/crystal) determines the speed not the SRAMs.
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