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Article #671re: 35MHz ARM3
From: HORSNELL
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:37
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 10:37
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Hello,
Where processing has a high cache hit-rate the speed should
be that much quicker (ie, 10Mhz worth of more instructions
processed). However, a problem occurs due to the memory
speed. Imagine, the memory bus is a highway with processor
access as a filter road. Most other traffic has priority.
The A400/1 has a two lane highway, the A5000 has a three lane
highway. So when the A400/1 has a traffic jam, the A5000
has only hit 66% capacity and so the processor can still
access memory for whatever it needs.
Sorry if this is too simplistic but I do like the analogy.
Jason.H.
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