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Table of Contents
Preface.................................................................................................... iii
Chapter 1: DCA2 System Overview
1.1 What is DCA2 ? ..................................................................................................1
1.2 What makes DCA2 so powerful ?.......................................................................1
1.3 What is DynamiCache ? ......................................................................................1
1.4 Why is DCA2 a better choice ? ...........................................................................1
1.5 User advantages of DCA2...................................................................................2
1.6 Technical advantages of DCA2...........................................................................2
1.7 DynamiCache Description ..................................................................................3
1.8 DynamiCache Architecture ................................................................................3
1.9 Distributed Cache ................................................................................................4
1.10 DynamiCache Applications.................................................................................4
1.11 Application Overhead and its effect on External Cache .....................................4
1.12 External Cache Saturation Problem ....................................................................5
1.13 DynamiCache Excels and External Cache Suffers Under
Heavy Processing Loads .....................................................................................5
1.14 Target Operating Environments ..........................................................................5
1.15 L2/ DCA2 Cache Efficiency Versus Application Size .......................................6
1.16 General Specifications Overview ........................................................................7
Chapter 2: Features
2.1 Layout of Hippo DCA2 board..............................................................................8
2.2 System Component Map ......................................................................................9
2.3 Jumper Description Table ..................................................................................10
2.4 DynamiCache .....................................................................................................11
2.5 DRAM Memory. ................................................................................................11
2.6 Memory Configuration Table.............................................................................12
2.7 Total System Memory ........................................................................................13
2.8 ISA Slots ............................................................................................................13
2.9 VESA Local Bus ................................................................................................13
2.10 CPU ....................................................................................................................14
2.11 Processor Types Supported ................................................................................14
2.12 BIOS. ..................................................................................................................14
2.13 Shadow RAM .....................................................................................................15
2.14 Power Management ............................................................................................15
2.15 Software Compatibility ......................................................................................15
