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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (162775)3/22/2002 10:06:49 AM
From: dale_laroy  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
>In that case, maybe it's best to assume, at least for now, that 8-way associative caches are the "best" solution for the Pentium 4.<

At the very least, it is a better fit for P4 than Athlon. BTW, I am not sure that 16-way is optimum for Athlon. All I argued was hit rate, although I did comment on scaleability. Athlon could be losing more from the added lookup time than they are gaining from increased hit rate.
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