Re: alpha slower than pentium II

David Mosberger-Tang (davidm@AZStarNet.com)
Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:19:18 -0700


>>>>> On Sun, 17 Dec 1995 23:06:38 +0100, Bjoern Tiemann <tiemann@ife.ee.ethz.ch> said:

Bjoern> davidm@AZStarNet.com wrote:

>> the given cache sizes there are a lot of conflict misses.
>> Therefore, it would be interesting to see how the Noname would do
>> on a machine with a 1MB cache and/or with a 233MHz CPU (that CPU
>> also has the 16KB primary caches). Any takers?

Bjoern> Not exactly. The 233 MHz 21066A CPU has the same cache sizes
Bjoern> (8 + 8 kB) as the 21066. It has the faster division
Bjoern> algorithms of the 21064A though and a speedup greater than
Bjoern> the clock frequency ratio would be possible.

Oh, silly me. You're right. I confused the 21066A with the 21064A.

--david