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Subject: Re: Optimization
Date: 29 Nov 1996 23:47:12 GMT
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|>   "To gain efficiency in the implementation of the internal cache, storage is
|>   allocated in chunks of 128 bits, called cache lines.  External caches are not
|>   likely to use cache lines smaller than those of the internal cache."
|>   [...]
|>   "To simplify the hardware implementation, cache lines can only be mapped to
|>   aligned 128-bit blocks of main memory."

ok. i'm confused now. i thought the cache was 32 bytes but 128 bits is 16 bytes
no? so just how big is the cache :) or did it change between the 486 and pentium?

nik

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