Intel Embedded Intel486

9
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