home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Path: sparky!dsndata!backbone!backbone!wayne
- From: wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt)
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance
- In-Reply-To: lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu's message of 12 Nov 92 03: 39:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <WAYNE.92Nov12143900@backbone.uucp>
- Sender: wayne@backbone (Wayne Schlitt)
- Organization: The Backbone Cabal
- References: <1992Nov10.153629.27510@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <BxIM38.L9F.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- <15445@auspex-gw.auspex.com> <BxL3IH.KtH.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:39:00 GMT
-
- In article <BxL3IH.KtH.2@cs.cmu.edu> lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes:
- >
- > What he may have meant, is that HP won't be able to use offchip
- > primary cache much longer. That was difficult at 66 MHz, and is
- > really impressive at 100 MHz. Even HP can't do it at 200 MHz, surely.
- >
-
-
- yes, but at 66Mhz, and 100Mhz, the technique has been real effective.
- By the time they get to 200Mhz, there will be enough chip real estate
- to put reasonable 1st level caches on chip. The technique should be
- just as effective at making the 2nd level cache faster, so I don't
- think HP is wasting effort in the long run either.
-
-
- -wayne
-