Re: 32-bit vs. 64-bit x86 Speed

Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
14 Apr 2007 20:41:31 -0400

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From: Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 14 Apr 2007 20:41:31 -0400
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 07-04-031 07-04-045
Keywords: architecture, performance
Posted-Date: 14 Apr 2007 20:41:31 EDT

George Peter Staplin wrote:


> Note: the modern CPUs use some form of SRAM for the high
> speed caches builtin to the CPU.


Note2: A cache holds frequently used data. In so far it were not a
special problem, when the cache loses data which are not used for a
long time. It were sufficient to detect a cache miss, before an access
to vanished data could occur.


Kind of LRU algorithm, implemented in hardware? ;-)


DoDi



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