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To: Kevin K. Spurway who wrote (43566)12/16/1998 8:34:00 PM
From: Scumbria  Respond to of 1573092
 
Re cache size.

Intel processors have had backside or onboard L2 caches for some time now. L1 size is less important when a fast L2 is sitting right behind it. Processors without the benefit of a low-latency L2 (like those from AMD and Cyrix) need a larger L1 cache to compensate.

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