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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: i486 burst mode on Micronics MB?
Message-ID: <5870034@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 23:55:39 GMT
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>I'm uncertain about whether burst mode is used on Micronics boards, and am
>not even sure whether it's relevant in a 486 system with a secondary cache -
>any *informed* comment on this?

If you implement the burst mode memory controller so it also works on the
secondary cache memory, you get burst mode access to the cache which is
faster than regular access to the cache. The difference is significant.

			   Danny Low
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