Sujet : Re: Why VAX Was the Ultimate CISC and Not RISC
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 02. Mar 2025, 03:40:45
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On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:25:26 GMT, Anton Ertl wrote:
The other thing is that the VAX 11/780 (released 1977) had a 2KB cache,
so Bell's argument that caches were only available around 1985 does not
hold water on that end, either.
It was about the sizes of the caches, and hence their contribution to the
cost.