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From: aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: 80386 vs. 68030
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Date: 15 Dec 88 16:25:00 GMT
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>Sure enough, I've notice the same thing.  In fact, I very often use the
>fastest disk I can possibly get for development -- a RAM disk, at least
>during most of the compilation phases.  Guess what, that RAM disk brings
>me back to CPU speed as the most critical factor in the system (the 18ms
>hard drive doesn't hurt, either).  

Not quite. The RAMdisk brings you back to memory system speed.
Many modern CPUs are faster than their memory.