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From: jgh@root.co.uk (Jeremy G Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Instruction cache for AMD 29000
Message-ID: <443@root44.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 21-Oct-87 07:42:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 21 07:42:59 1987
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Could someone remind me of the arguments against caching in physical space?

I was thinking about how the 29000 really cries out for an i-cache and it
hit me that, because of the onboard address translation, it could not be
a virtual-address cache.

Cheers,
Jeremy
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Jeremy Harris			jgh@root.co.uk