Re: 100 Mips Intel NeXT (processor comparison)

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From: Khaled Tabbara
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:08

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In article <WAYNE.92Dec31074958@backbone.uucp>, wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) writes:
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|>If "onboard" means "on the motherboard", then yes, I would expect that
|>some of the high end alpha systems will probably have 1MB of cache.


The highest-end Alpha AXP system has 4 MB of [second-level/backup] cache on 
the CPU board. If you configure it with 4 CPUs then you'll have 16 MB of
cache !! My workstation has 16 MB of MAIN MEMORY :-)


--
Khaled Tabbara 

Alpha Personal Systems Group
Digital Equipment Corporation

Disclaimer: I don't speak for Digital.

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