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From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: MIPS R3000???
Message-ID: <1988@winchester.mips.COM>
Date: 6 Apr 88 01:01:56 GMT
References: <YWIfmAy00Vs8M4D1Yn@andrew.cmu.edu> <1969@winchester.mips.COM> <615@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU>
Reply-To: mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <615@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> beowulf!lunge!jesup@steinmetz.UUCP writes:
>Thanks for the info on the R3000.  What speed memory does it require
>for cache?  (guesstimate: 16Mhz r2000 needs 25ns, so 25Mhz r3000 needs
>10-15ns memory.  How much do chips that fast cost?)

I don't know what they cost, but we use 20ns SRAMs for 25MHz anyway
[the interface improved going from R2000 -> R3000].
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