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Article #42467Memory cache *and* zero wait state?
From: Bill Nicholls
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990 00:22
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990 00:22
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This is a second post to a larger distribution. (does anybody read this group in "pnw" ?) A local vendor is selling a 25MHz '386 system with 1 Mb ram '0' wait state 32Kb cache memory What's the point of having both? Either I'm missing something, or the presence of the cache should slow the system down. Perhaps the cache returns data in one clock cycle instead of two? Doesn't seem likely. Perhaps the memory is only eight bits wide, that would be a waste. William H. Nicholls - nicholls@atc.boeing.com Boeing Defense & Space Group - nicholls@ee.washington.edu (let ((*standard-disclaimers* t)) ... )
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!nicholls From: nicholls@bcsaic.UUCP (Bill Nicholls) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Memory cache *and* zero wait state? Message-ID: <20154@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 10 Feb 90 00:22:16 GMT Distribution: na Organization: Boeing Computer Services ATC, Seattle Lines: 22