Subject: Re: Sun announces $995 Sun Netra X1 rack-mount UltraSPARC-IIe server
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Michael Wanka <Tom@Wanka.at>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/18/2001 22:04:25
On 18 Jan 2001, at 14:39, Dale Ghent wrote:
> BTW, the "e" in eCache (also sometimes written in Sun patches and bug
> reports as "E$") stands for... tada... external.
Hi,
in that case eCache is not a synonym for L2 cache. At least the
Pentium Pro and AMD K6-III had the L2 cache on chip and later
versions of the P2 and the T-Birds and Durons have that too!
mike