[SunRescue] we're all just spoiled (was: re: IPC)

[GregoryLeblancgleblanc at cu-portland.edu]

> I thought they only went up to 2meg, and that's only up to 550mhz,
> anything beyond that is a renamed coppermine (256k).


Nay, the P-II/P-III Xeons have up to 4MB of cache (although I've heard
rumors that Intel has internal chips with 8MB), but it's NOT on chip,
it's on the riser board.  The PPro had the cache actually on-chip, which
is what made them much larger and hotter than any prior Intel CPU.  

    Greg



> On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Cyrus M. Reed wrote:
> 
> > IIRC, the 1meg cache chips only run on certain *expensive* (well, maybe
> > not anymore) motherboards.  I know my PR440FX board won't.  It 1MB
> > cache does run at full CPU speed though.  The new Xeon chips have up to
> > 4MB of cache at CPU speed as well, IIRC, but they are significantly more
> > expensive.  512k cache chips can be had for around $75 (try
> > www.compgeeks.com), and they should work in the same boards that the 256k
> > cache chips do.