Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 16:34:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is a 211164-P7 500 (try 2) Message-ID: <14338.18761.27740.838222@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <19991011132019.E94488@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <19991011132019.E94488@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien writes: > [ this got sent before I was done :-( ] > > Is the chip pictured at > http://secure.sysmerica.com/ebay_pics/21164-500.jpg the chip for a 164SX > board? The markings are: > > DEC 10738(or B) H 9722 > JD1238 > (c)(r) DEC 1996 > 21164-P7 500 > 21-43918-44 > KKB E56 > > If not, which type of board does this thing go in? It is claimed this > chip has 16KB L1 cache and 96KB L2 cache (+ L3 cache on the motherboard). > It was my understanding the "164SX" CPU didn't have any L2 cache. You're correct. The chip above is for other boards (EB164/164LX/164UX & probably miata..). The chip you want for an SX board is a 21164-PC. If you are building from scratch, keep in mind that the non-SX boards are faster. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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