Re: question about M2 "feature"
Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 13:47:41 +0200 (MET DST)
Mike Jagdis wrote:
> It isn't a special area of "scrathpad RAM". The 6x86MX allows you
> to lock down L1 cache lines. This means that the line will never
> be discard and hence you will never take a reload hit on the
> region of memory it is covering. Of course, you also have one
> less line of L1 cache available for general caching too...
Ah. For those interested: Intel 960s have a similar arrangement.
Roger.