Specifications
This section lists the hardware specifications for the Workgroup Server 8550.
Main unit
Processor
A PowerPC 604 processor with the following features:
m 132 megahertz (MHz) clock speed
m built-in floating point unit (FPU)
m 44 MHz system bus
m fully upgradable (with a processor card upgrade)
Memory
m 24 MB of DRAM supplied in removable DIMMs, expandable to a
maximum of 512 MB
m 2 MB of built-in VRAM supplied in removable DIMMs, expandable to a
maximum of 4 MB
m 4 MB of read-only memory (ROM)
m 8 kilobytes (K) of nonvolatile parameter memory
m one 512K DIMM of static RAM (SRAM) used as an L2 cache, upgradable
to 4 MB
DRAM, VRAM, and cache configurations
You can have memory—dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) or video
random-access memory (VRAM)—added to your server in packages called
Dual Inline Memory Modules, or DIMMs. You can also upgrade your server’s
L2 cache by installing a DIMM.
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