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On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Hugh LaMaster wrote:

> - Since the mid-70's (that is 25 years now), logic/gates/real-estate
>   are no longer (economically) scarce
> - Therefore, the key to the value/efficiency of any computer architecture
>   is how well it uses memory
> - There are two key components to memory hierarchy performance- latency
>   and bandwidth

Three basic truths, which spell an interesting
future for Merce^WItanic ;)

Rik
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