# A COAST Module For My Pentium 100

> 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.

- Canonical URL: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2024-12-27-a-coast-module-for-my-pentium-100.html
- Published: 2024-12-27
- Last updated: 2025-01-03
- Author: Rees (ctrl-alt-rees)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8 (17:16)
- Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/), unless stated otherwise below

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8

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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8&t=0s)
* [03:26 – Baseline Benchmarks - No Cache](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8&t=206s)
* [07:47 – Benchmarks With 256k Of L2 Cache](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8&t=467s)
* [12:33 – Benchmarks With 512k Of L2 Cache - COAST Module Installed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8&t=753s)
* [16:10 – So, Was A COAST Module Worth The Investment?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqWkACvpne8&t=970s)

## Transcript
TODO

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