Server designers choose shared memory. (Compaq, Wyse Technology, HP offering two-way cache memory in new multiprocessing file servers)

EDN, February, 1990 by Coco, Donna

Server designers choose shared memory Recent server introductions from Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, And Wyse Technologies suggest design engineers are choosing shared memory over distributed memory and set-associative cache over other cache schemes for use in multiprocessing systems.

Other design choices, such as whether to implement a processor-to-memory bus separate from the system bus, remain varied.

The three systems, the SystemPro from Compaq (Houston, TX), the Series 9000i from Wyse (San Jose, CA), and the Series 9000 Model 870s/200 from HP (Palo Alto, CA), span the performance range from the low to high ends. SystemPro accommodates as many as two Intel 80486 [microprocessor]s (40 MIPS) and costs approximately $26,000. The Series...

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