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Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 12:39:17 -0500
From: Wilson MacGyver <macgyver@db-net.com>
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mika ruohotie wrote:
> first normal intel pentium 166mhz:
> --
> make -k world 7595.59s user 1843.94s system 87% cpu 3:00:48.28 total
> 
> make depend  25.66s user 9.29s system 79% cpu 44.132 total
> text    data    bss     dec     hex
> 798720  53248   95220   947188  e73f4
> make  237.70s user 27.34s system 84% cpu 5:12.39 total
> 960912 Apr  1 11:55
> --
> 
> then, the intel pentium 166mhz with mmx
> --
> make -k world 5982.25s user 1636.02s system 87% cpu 2:24:21.88 total
> 
> make depend  21.54s user 8.26s system 78% cpu 37.911 total
> text    data    bss     dec     hex
> 798720  53248   95220   947188  e73f4
> make  188.30s user 25.57s system 89% cpu 3:58.24 total
> 960912 Apr  1 15:31

Wouldn't this be because of the larger L1 cache? If memory
serves, L1 cache was increased from 16K to 32K...

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