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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 97 10:59:09 CST
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@solaria.sol.net>
To:        rcarter@consys.com (Russell L. Carter)
Cc:        michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, vince@mail.mcestate.com, tom@sdf.com, sergey@extech.msk.su, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199703111659.KAA28617@solaria.sol.net>
In-Reply-To: <199702261845.LAA02550@conceptual.com> from "Russell L. Carter" at Feb 26, 97 11:45:07 am

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> Look guys, the only chip that has PB-SRAM is P5, and for *that* chip
> the original comment is correct.  And Rodney is correct.  And Michael
> is correct, for P6.
> 
> Sheesh!
> 
> Anyway, I don't think EDO gives you much for P6 either, and all the ASUS
> motherboards I've seen in the last 6 months for P5 and P6 support ECC
> if you have parity RAM, which is a big win for a server if it works.

Big win - IF you are willing to take a hit on your memory access times.

ECC introduces additional delays.  Reliability at the expense of speed.

Oh, and an aside to Nate:  I've upgraded caches several times without
regard to the CPU in the last year.

... Joe

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