Pipelined Burst Cache ==>
Pipeline Burst Cache
<hardware, storage> (PB Cache) A synchronous cache built from pipelined 
SRAM.
 
A cache in which reading or writing a new location takes multiple cycles but 
subsequent locations can be accessed in a single cycle. On Pentium systems in 
1996, pipeline burst caches are frequently used as secondary caches. The first 8 
bytes of data are transferred in 3 CPU cycles, and the next 3 8-byte pieces of 
data are transferred in one cycle each.
 
(1996-10-13)
 
  
 
  
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