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Subject: Re: RAM properties

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 15:22:34 07/16/03

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On July 16, 2003 at 16:46:54, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On July 16, 2003 at 10:31:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:
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>>On July 16, 2003 at 07:13:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On July 15, 2003 at 20:06:36, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 15, 2003 at 17:14:45, Gerd Isenberg wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 15, 2003 at 09:33:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On July 15, 2003 at 06:24:58, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On July 14, 2003 at 16:07:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You measure the latency with those benches of sequential reads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No.  lm-bench does _random_ reads and computes the _random-access_
>>>>>>latency.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Don't know why you have a problem grasping that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So already opened cache lines you can get data faster from than
>>>>>>>random reads to memory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That also makes no sense.  Perhaps you mean "already opened memory
>>>>>>rows"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Random reads to memory are about 280 ns at single cpu P4 and about 400ns at dual
>>>>>>>P4s.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No they aren't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob, i found nothing wrong with Vincent's code. He does N-random hashreads and
>>>>>aggregates the time used. I thought about some factor 2 error - but found no one
>>>>>so far. Random Hashreads, like chess programs do.
>>>>>
>>>>>1e9 random hash reads take 265 seconds (including ~60 seconds overhead) on my
>>>>>athlon-pc, however latency is defined. Any explanation? Any systematical error
>>>>>or assumption? What does lm-bench do, to measure latency?
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Gerd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It is possible to cause _other_ problems.  IE you can push the instructions
>>>>in the loop out of cache, for one thing.  There are others.  The best numbers
>>>>I have seen come from lm-bench.  It was not a quick and dirty program, it has
>>>>a lot of research behind it to address specific issues that were pointed out
>>>>over a period of a year.
>>>>
>>>>It is very easy to use a "low impedence probe" if you know what that means.  It
>>>>actually affects the circuit it is measuring.
>>>>
>>>>200+ns seems way high to me, when the chip latency is less than 1/3 of that.
>>>>
>>>>again, I'd run lm-bench on your box to see what it says, then you have to
>>>>reconcile the differences.
>>>
>>>Bob, i just want a yes or a no:
>>>
>>>Do you recognize that already opened cache lines to the RAM you can read faster
>>>than non-opened cache lines at the ram?
>>
>>There is no such thing as "already opened cache lines to the RAM".
>>
>>If you mean a "column open" then yes, successive reads from within that column
>>are faster.  But _not_ 2x faster or 3x faster.
>>
>>It is a well-known issue that started with fast page mode ram, and continued
>>thru today.
>
>Then how the hell can you claim around 125 ns for your laptop as being the
>'random latency'.
>
>In fact it's more than a factor 2 slower.

Simple.  When sequentially stepping thru memory, it is _faster_ than
130ns.

Wasn't that easy???


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>>>
>>>that is my only question.
>>
>>Hopefully you have an answer and can move on to something else you don't
>>understand now.
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>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Vincent



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