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Subject: Re: nps of pocketcrafty on compaq ipaq

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 06:32:19 07/14/01

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Hi James,

>From what I know, cache does not make any difference on NPS, only on speed
>through the plies.

I have to disagree on this one.  The cache affects the speed at which memory can
be addressed.  If no cache exists then memory access is slooooow.  In turn it
takes longer to process a single node and hence the nps drops.

Steve



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