JimDantin
08-21-2003, 03:50 PM
I ran across an odd situation while evaluating a software package from a major developer. I installed it to the Built-in memory in my Axim Advanced (PPC2002). The program has a very large database associated with it.
Load times were extremely long - 57 seconds. The developer acknowledged the problem and suggested using main memory or a memory card instead, and stated that the operating system is very inefficient when accessing built-in memory.
Seemed odd, but I uninstalled the package and reinstalled it to main memory. The load time was 7 seconds. Wow!
I uninstalled and reinstalled to my SD card (Sandisk 256 meg) and the load time was 5 seconds!
Anyone experience anything like this before? Is this an operating system problem for all built-in memory access, or is it specific to certain programming techniques?
Load times were extremely long - 57 seconds. The developer acknowledged the problem and suggested using main memory or a memory card instead, and stated that the operating system is very inefficient when accessing built-in memory.
Seemed odd, but I uninstalled the package and reinstalled it to main memory. The load time was 7 seconds. Wow!
I uninstalled and reinstalled to my SD card (Sandisk 256 meg) and the load time was 5 seconds!
Anyone experience anything like this before? Is this an operating system problem for all built-in memory access, or is it specific to certain programming techniques?