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From: pb@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Peter Brouwer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Cache performance on 386 boards running Unix
Message-ID: <416@ssp2.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 25 Oct 89 08:35:05 GMT
References: <919@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
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In article <919@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> angel@flipper.miami.edu (angel li) writes:
>Does anyone know the performance difference of 386 boards with a cache
>against boards without a cache, both running Unix?  I would like to
>know whether paying for the cache is worth the money.
This depends on the size/working set of your applications you use.
Most caches are 64k = 16 pages. So if you have large applications with
a working set ( number of pages it used during execution ) the cache is'nt
a great help. 

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