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To: Elmer who wrote (162732)3/21/2002 4:11:26 PM
From: wanna_bmw  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Elmer, Re: "Is it possible that adding to the set associativity beyond 8-way would add another clock and thus lower the overall average access time?"

Yes. That is the overhead that I was talking about. Logically, adding extra ways of associativity are trivial. All you have to do is design it in. Simple. The trick is managing the trade-offs. If you get 5% by doubling the associativity, but lose 8% due to a longer look-up time, then what have you accomplished?

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