From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 6 07:59:30 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA22945 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Sep 1995 07:59:30 -0700 Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA22919 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 1995 07:59:28 -0700 Received: from gemini ([13.231.132.20]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <14987(6)>; Wed, 6 Sep 1995 07:58:34 PDT Received: from gnu.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com) by gemini (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11278; Wed, 6 Sep 95 10:58:23 EDT Received: by gnu.mc.xerox.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA21913; Wed, 6 Sep 95 10:58:21 EDT Message-Id: <9509061458.AA21913@gnu.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Jake Hamby Cc: Mats Lofkvist , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD dx4-100 - Any good? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 1995 17:14:01 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 07:58:20 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk while we're on the topic of cache, Are there are good performance studies of the effect of L2 cache on 486/DX4100 /DX2-66/DX2-50 I've never been exposed to a good discussion of cache...one system I have has what looks like a socket for cache (i.e. something like simms shaped differently), another system uses actual chips... I have some sram chips, and had a bear of a time plugging them in... (I didn't)... Should I insert the chips into carriers? About a decade ago, when I was doing hardware, it made life much, much easier... marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom