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#060 MP Board

    29-Apr-94 06:21:52
Sb: #80623-#060 MP Board
Fm: Jim Drew/UUI 72662,14
To: Paul Idol 71024,3245
Paul, The MP board will address any memory in the system, however, accessing the motherboard memory will be like putting all of your programs into chip memory now… SLOW. Having 64 bit (or 128 bit) interleaved memory connected directly to the processor is the fastest way you can go. The Z3 Bus has a max bandwidth of 25Mhz (on a good day with a tail wind), so accessing memory outside of the memory on the same board (even to a 2nd MP board) will be limited to the speed of the Z3 bus.