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To: Joe NYC who wrote (114683)6/6/2000 7:46:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573088
 
Joe,

The L2 has a 64-bit data path with an 8 cycle latency between an L1 miss and the first critical word received from the L2.

8 cycle latency (after 3 clocks of L1 miss) is very long. This is much longer than Coppermine's L2 latency. I wonder what is up? It has a serious impact on performance.

Scumbria