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- Subject: Re: Is DEC history???
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.024434.1@vax1.umkc.edu>
- From: tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 08:44:34 GMT
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- References: <67830008@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com> <lkingsley-240792091844@lkingsley.crd.ge.com> <1992Jul27.201600.28245@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
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- In article <1992Jul27.201600.28245@bcrka451.bnr.ca>,
- stu5s11@bcrka280.bnr.ca (David Simmons 1342678) writes:
-
- > In terms of
- > performance, the Alpha seem to be superior to the PowerPC
- > chip. (Based on what I've read.) In addition they've got a
- > list of ways that will make the Alpha a 1000 times
- > more powerful during the next 25 years.
-
- One big problem Alpha has is heat dissipation and power
- consumption. The first implementation dissipates 30+ Watts.
- If you can get your hands on this weeks Digital News, take
- a look at the *giant* heat sink in the corner of the board.
- Can you imagine this power hog in a portable or handheld?
-
- On the other hand, it apparently scales through multiple
- processor implementations nicecly (where the balance of
- 1-1000 performance gain is suppose to come).
-
- Jonathan/tmaehl@vax1.umkc.edu
-