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RACK 11
and, as if nothing had ever happened.
Now we are near the end.
The final unit
will be the same
as before:
a single rack of hardware;
eight linked memory stor-
age units.
This time, however,
we have a new and
important difference:
the storage units are
now connected to
the CPU in a way that
will make them
accessible by the
CPU at all times,
regardless of whether
they are being used
or not.
This is a major improvement
over the previous design,
where the storage units
were only accessible
when the CPU was
in a specific state.
The new design will
allow the CPU to access
the storage units at any
time, without having to
wait for them to become
available.
This will greatly improve
the overall performance
of the system,
and make it much more
responsive to user input.
In addition, the new design
will also allow the CPU
to access the storage units
in a more efficient manner,
by allowing it to prefetch
data from them before
it is actually needed.
This will further improve
the performance of the system,
and make it even more
responsive to user input.
The final unit will be
the same as before:
a single rack of hardware;
eight linked memory stor-
age units.
This time, however,
we have a new and
important difference:
the storage units are
now connected to
the CPU in a way that
will make them
accessible by the
CPU at all times,
regardless of whether
they are being used
or not.
This is a major improvement
over the previous design,
where the storage units
were only accessible
when the CPU was
in a specific state.
The new design will
allow the CPU to access
the storage units at any
time, without having to
wait for them to become
available.
This will greatly improve
the overall performance
of the system,
and make it much more
responsive to user input.
In addition, the new design
will also allow the CPU
to access the storage units
in a more efficient manner,
by allowing it to prefetch
data from them before
it is actually needed.
This will further improve
the performance of the system,
and make it even more
responsive to user input.