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Re: Coherent cache for Killer Micros

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From: Eugene Miya
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1989 07:34
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>In article <13910002@hpisod2.HP.COM> dhepner@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dan Hepner) writes:
>>Is a coherent cache system essential or just nice?  And why?

Depends if you want "consistent" results.

If you can rely on heuristics like asynchronous chaotic relaxation
(do you really want to call this an algorithm? [Baudet 1980] then NO.
Otherwise, I think most people will answer YES (for consistent results).

--eugene miya
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Subject: Re: Coherent cache for Killer Micros
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