From: skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok)
Subject: Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ?? (How do they compare?)
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In article <C5nq9C.LLp@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rvenkate@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ravikuma Venkateswar) writes:
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>Besides, for 0 wait state performance, you'd need a cache anyway. I mean,
>who uses a processor that runs at the speed of 80ns SIMMs? Note that this
>memory speed corresponds to a clock speed of 12.5 MHz.
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How do you calculate that figure? I'd assume even in personal computers
the board designers would use bank switching to (optimistically) 
quadruple the access speed  or am I missing something here?

HSK
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