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The 24-bit bus means that you can use the top bits of a pointer as a tag. In a small system we don't need that much memory, this can actually be a great advanta
by kazinator 2y ago
The 24-bit bus means that you can use the top bits of a pointer as a tag. In a small system we don't need that much memory, this can actually be a great advantage. We are rediscovering the value of tag bits in 64-bit systems.