Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:41:30 04/24/98
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On April 24, 1998 at 04:12:32, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: >On April 23, 1998 at 16:28:54, Frank E. Oldham wrote: > >>A recent BYTE article discussed the POWER3. I was impressed by the >>aggregate cache and memory bandwidth. For example, the chip has a >>256-bit L2 cache bus (compared to 64-bit for PCs and Macs). > >Most Alpha workstations (even the cheaper AlphaPC mainboards) have >had 256bit buses between their CPUs, the external L2/L3 caches, and >even the main memory *for years*. > >=Ernst= The "PC" versions don't (not all) as the PC bus is 64 bits wide... We found this in some of the "cheapo" alpha systems... Some do, some don't... the ones that don't, are slow when you compare them with Digital machines.
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