A COAST Module For My Pentium 100

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In the beginning, there was RAM, and that was fast enough for everyone - until one day it was decided that it actually wasn’t fast enough, and so CPU cache was born. Inevitably, someone decided to put it on a stick. So let’s investigate that.

Chapters

• 00:00 – How Computer RAM & Cache Works
• 03:26 – Baseline Benchmarks - No Cache
• 07:47 – Benchmarks With 256k Of L2 Cache
• 12:33 – Benchmarks With 512k Of L2 Cache - COAST Module Installed
• 16:10 – So, Was A COAST Module Worth The Investment?

Transcript

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