cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) (08/25/89)
Thanks to all who have posted figures on how much slower their UNIX runs when 16-bit memory is used. The figures ranged from 10-40%, despite the alleged high hit-rates of the cache. There is a good reason for this wide variation: the cache technology (write through vs. write back) makes a big difference. In addition, programs that manipulate large amounts of data are going to suffer relative to programs which are code intensive on machines with write-through caching. -- | Clint Jeffery, U. of Arizona Dept. of Computer Science | cjeffery@arizona.edu -or- {noao allegra}!arizona!cjeffery --