Performance Considerations - Intel Embedded Intel486 Hardware Reference Manual

Performance
Considerations
Chapter Contents
9.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 9-1
9.2 Instruction Execution Performance....................................... 9-2
9.3 Internal Cache Performance Issues ....................................... 9-4
9.4 On-Chip Write Buffers.......................................................... 9-7
9.5 External Memory Considerations ......................................... 9-8
9.6 Second-Level Cache Performance Considerations .............9-11
9.7 Dram Design Techniques....................................................9-14
9.8 Extended Data Output RAM (EDO RAM).........................9-14
9.9 Floating-Point Performance ................................................9-16
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