07-28-01, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: College Park, Maryland
Posts: 1,294
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[The Athlon is an exclusive design, that is correct, does that mean that command snooping through caches is a necessary task... Nope, you can do a reference call on each, store it in chipset (as it does not require much memory) and access that from L1 bridge before making the call in the first place...
You seem to be a bit used to VIA's chipsets, have you been involved?
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I don't understand how you wouldn't have to snoop both caches...Care to clue me in from the beginning, if necessary? I don't understand what you mean by a "reference call."
BTW -- I'm not sure if I know what you mean about being involved with VIA chipsets -- if you're insinuating something that I believe you are, I'm quite flattered. I haven't even started my sophmore year yet....
Paul
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