On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Nathan Fairchild wrote:

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> Check out
> 
> http://www.sun.com/microelectronics/UltraSPARC-IIe/index.html
> 
> The 256k cache is on-chip L2 rather than off chip, like the Pentium
> III.  You might see parts of the website specifications for Sun Blade
> 100 where its says the L2 cache is external but I think thats an error.

Absolutely, but I'm not concerned with the PIII.  I was wondering if
anyone had a "it feels much slower" type of reaction to these machines or
not.  I'm curious to feel and see the effects of a 256k cache as opposed
to the U10's 2mb cache...

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Jon
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