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Re: BX chipset caching
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Mon, 13 Jul 1998 09:16:06 -0400
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>At 13:44 09-07-98 -0400, Robert Hale wrote:
>>Does anyone know if the Intel BX chipset has the limitation of being
>>able to only cache the first 64mb of RAM or will it cache upto 128mb
>>RAM?
>
>There is no limitation on caching with the BX chipset. It's for
>Pentium II (and just possibly for Pentium Pro) processors only, and
>the L2 cache is integrated onboard the package for these processors.


I was under the impression that it could cache up to 512MB although they are
building systems with a lot more RAM then that, so I am wondering is the Max
actually 512MB, I don't think that it would be able to cache an unlimited
amount of RAM.

        James Kerr

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