andy@icom.UUCP (Andrew H. Marrinson) (09/30/86)
A recent article in the EE-times indicated the the 68030 had 256K of on-chip cahce. This can't be write, can it?! -- andy@icom.UUCP Or for those of Andrew H. Marrinson you who wish to ICOM Systems, Inc. play it the hard Arlington Heights, IL 60005 way: ihnp4!icom!andy
nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) (10/02/86)
In article <721@icom.UUCP>, andy@icom.UUCP (Andrew H. Marrinson) writes: > A recent article in the EE-times indicated the the 68030 had 256K of > on-chip cahce. This can't be write, can it?! > -- No, it's rong. -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU
campbell@sauron.UUCP (Mark Campbell) (10/02/86)
In article <721@icom.UUCP> andy@icom.UUCP (Andrew H. Marrinson) writes: >A recent article in the EE-times indicated the the 68030 had 256K of >on-chip cahce. This can't be write, can it?! Answer #1: No, it's rong. It has two 256 byte (64 x 4) caches, an I-cache and a D-cache. Answer #2: It *is* write-through. -- Mark Campbell Phone: (803)-791-6697 E-Mail: !ncsu!ncrcae!sauron!campbell
john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software) (10/03/86)
> A recent article in the EE-times indicated the the 68030 had 256K of > on-chip cahce. This can't be write, can it?! ^^^^^ > -- > andy@icom.UUCP Of course not! It's read-only cache! What? Oh! Never mind. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) The caches are 256 bytes each, data and instruction (according to Electronic Products, October 1). -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA "Don't give me this intelligent life crap, just find me a planet I can blow up."