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From: MARCELO@phoenix.princeton.edu (MARCELO)
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Subject: Re: Apple Announces High Performance Products
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Date: 20 Mar 90 18:53:45 GMT
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In article <1990Mar20.161729.9549@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> 
topgun@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Chandra Bajpai) writes:
> Can anybody elaborate on the latched write design and I/O processors
> (design and how it actually speeds up the system)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chandra Bajpai
> topgun@brandeis.cs.edu

     Basically, latched read/write means that read and write accesses to 
memory can overlap. A "Holding Area" made up of 64-bit words is what is 
used for managing the overlapping read/write operations.



     .. Marcelo ..

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