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   Thomas Koenig to EricP   
   Re: Electronics Magazine   
   18 Dec 25 17:47:42   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   EricP  schrieb:   
      
   > For a VAX memory read it had to (roughly speaking):   
   > (1) translate virtual->physical address   
   > (2) go through the cache (read miss)   
   > (3) get to the SBI (there is a 1 entry store buffer on cache output)   
   > (4) negotiate for SBI   
   > (5) SBI take 2 cycles to transmit control and read address   
   > (6) memory controller does its thing   
   > (7) memory controller negotiates for SBI   
   > (8) memory controller transmits 32B cache line (1 control + 8*4B data clocks)   
   > (9) cache receives and saves 32B cache line   
   > (10) cache returns 4B value to 780 core   
      
   The VAX cache line was 8 bytes according to   
   https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/357353.357356   
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