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SubjectRe: question about M2 "feature"
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Mike Jagdis wrote:
> It isn't a special area of "scrathpad RAM". The 6x86MX allows you
> to lock down L1 cache lines. This means that the line will never
> be discard and hence you will never take a reload hit on the
> region of memory it is covering. Of course, you also have one
> less line of L1 cache available for general caching too...

Ah. For those interested: Intel 960s have a similar arrangement.

Roger.



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