Footnotes


1 The careful reader will notice that the data TLB on the 21164 is 64 entries large; the jump in access time occurs when going from 63 to 64 pages because one TLB entry is needed to access the virtually mapped page table.


2 mpeg_play is available at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/viewers/ as mpeg_play-2.3-src.tar.gz.


3 The full source to the Alpha optimized version is available at ftp://ftp.azstarnet.com/pub/linux/axp/misc/ as axpsrc-mpeg_play-2.3axp-2.tar.gz


4 The movie RedsNightmare.mpg is available at many ftp sites. E.g., http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/animation/mpeg/berkeley-mirror/movies/.