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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (53123)	8/29/2001 11:21:52 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 275872

Bimmer, "applications are written such that cachelines aren't continually read along the same divisible boundaries. Any software designer that reads data along a 128KB boundary is an idiot." Any application designer that uses "128k", "boundary", or any other explicit constant, is an idiot. Usually they never heard about these things, and never should. Applications are written in virtual memory space that has almost nothing to do with cachelines and associativity boundaries, which lie in physical space. It is a function of compiler to map abstract constructions into particular computer architecture. "In case you haven't noticed, I know a thing or two about cache design". No, I haven't. Half a thing at most, maybe even less. "Before a processor micro-architecture is built, extensive research is done by simulating actual software binaries" That is maybe the only correct thing you said. Yes, tomorrow's processor architectures frequently are built for yesterday's applications. It is a known paradox.

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