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To: Cicero who wrote (7146)3/4/1998 12:43:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11555
 
RE:"if either the L2 cache OR the CPU was bad, the chip was useless?"

Cicero,

There are games which can be played with cache arrays to avoid this problem. If a defect in the L2 array is detected, either the entire L2, or just the defective portion of it, can be disabled. i.e. The CPU might have a 120K L2 instead of a 128K L2, if an 8K portion of the L2 is disabled.

Scumbria


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