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Article #56538Re: A question on cache
From: Dimitri Maziuk
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
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Ian COWELL wrote: > > pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter den Haan) > in comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.setup > on 10 Dec 1996 wrote: > ... > * some chipsets and/or boards have other design constraints limiting > the cachable range; e.g. the 430FX and VX will cache just 64MB even > with 512KB cache, not 128MB as you'd naively expect. The HX has no > such constraint. Also note that you can buy an HX board with 512KB cache, and tag RAM will only allow you to cache 64MB (I bought a Tyan Tomcat with COAST module like that once; needless to say, the salesperson forgot to mention it.) Dimitri -- emaziuk at curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------- If Jesus was Jewish, why did he have a Puerto-Rican name? ( Zen koan )
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