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- From: bt@irfu.se (Bo Thide')
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.131126.785@irfu.se>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:11:26 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.153629.27510@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <BxIM38.L9F.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Nov10.212454.6317@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov10.212454.6317@ryn.mro4.dec.com> bhandarkar@wrksys.enet.dec.com (Dileep Bhandarkar) writes:
- >
- >In article <BxIM38.L9F.2@cs.cmu.edu>, lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes...
- >>
- >>So, we now have non-simulated non-prototype-system numbers for the
- >>DEC 21064 chip and the HP 7100 chip. The result is that the HP at 99
- >>MHz has about the SPECs of a 21064 at 160 MHz.
- >>
- >>DEC wins the performance-at-any-price race with a 200 MHz offering,
- >>with 1.33 x the SPECs of the hottest HP.
- >>
- >>The performance-at-a-price race is closer. The 99 MHz HP 735 is $35k
- >>versus $39k for a 150 MHz Alpha. Practical issues (like ship dates
- >>and configuration details) dominate the technical issues here. Which
- >>is sort-of the message that DEC and HP want you to hear, since they
- >>plan to migrate the technology into cheaper boxes.
- >>
- >>Damn that's fast.
- >>--
- >Don't forget about the 108 SPECmark89 DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP priced at $14,995!
- >
- >/dileep
-
-
- Don't forget that the 735 is both faster and less expensive than the
- DEC 3000/500 AXP:
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- 9000/735: 80 SPECint92, 150.6 SPECfp92 at $35k
- 500AXP: 74.3 SPECint92, 126.0 SPECfp92 at $39k
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- Bo
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