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Article #108Re: Memory speed vs size
From: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:50
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:50
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In article <1992Oct30.122406.28540@ifi.unizh.ch> ast@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Adrian Steinmann) writes: > > I have an upgraded 040 NeXTcube with 8Mb of 100 ns RAM taken over > from the 030 board. Since then I have added 32Mb of 80ns RAM of > (4Mb chips) filling the available RAM board giving me 40Mb. > > My question: > > Is it better to have 40Mb with 100 ns access > OR > Is it better to have 32Mb with 80 ns access No difference. The memory is accessed at 100 ns. > What are the pros & cons - I notice all new NeXTs run with 80 ns chips - ? The new "turbo" memory subsystem uses different SIMMs which it accesses at either 70 or 100 ns. -- Nathan Janette "I'm a NeXTstep man, Dept MB&B, Yale Univ I'm a NeXTcube guy" New Haven, CT nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pmafire!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!news From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) Subject: Re: Memory speed vs size Message-ID: <1992Oct30.195048.25359@cs.yale.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: jacobi.biology.yale.edu Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT References: <1992Oct30.122406.28540@ifi.unizh.ch> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 19:50:48 GMT Lines: 26