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Article #20045Re: SRAM cache vs cache
From: francis
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:08
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:08
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> When examining the cache, I noted that the Tri-Star has a 256K cache, > while the Gateway uses a 64K SRAM cache. When I started looking at > other vendors, I noticed that many had a cache of a given size while > others used an SRAM cache. > > So, here's the question. Is there any differene between a cache using SRAM > or one which doesn't (assuming identical size and design otherwise)? > > Paul Lane > > *ALL* cache memory subsystems on the motherboard are SRAM, whether it be 64kb of cache or 256kb of cache...cache RAM is generally understood to be SRAM, because DRAM *can't* be used for caching, for obvious reasons, otherwise we woudn't need the faster SRAM for caching in the first place. :-) Francis -- IMI URU LIVE & LET LIVE Francis Morley |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| FRANCIS@AC.DAL.CA MORLEY@UG.CS.DAL.CA ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!ac.dal.ca!francis From: francis@ac.dal.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: SRAM cache vs cache Message-ID: <1993Jan12.130843.10124@ac.dal.ca> Date: 12 Jan 93 13:08:43 -0400 References: <palane.726703117@pv7426.vincent.iastate.edu> Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lines: 29