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- From: quayle@switch.rockwell.com
- Subject: Re: New SPARCcenter?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.193812.10803@nb.rockwell.com>
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- Organization: Switching Systems Division - Rockwell International
- References: <BzDs10.DEI@qualis.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:38:12 GMT
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- In article <BzDs10.DEI@qualis.com>, mikeh@qualis.com (Michael T. Horne) writes:
- |>
- |> I just read about the SPARCcenter line of multiprocessor servers in
- |> the December issue of Sun Expert ("Meanwhile, Over at the Mainframe...",
- |> page 6). Two questions:
- |>
- |> 1.) Are they real? If so, are they shipping the two-processor
- |> "low end" model today? If not, when?
-
- ?
-
- |> 2) Are the SPECint92 numbers quoted in the article (4199 in
- |> four processor version, 7389 in the 8 processor version)
- |> for real? Is it safe to assume that the 2 processor version
- |> comes in at ~2400 SPECInt92? These numbers seem way too
- |> high (perhaps off by an order of magnitude?).
- |>
- ...
-
- From the November, 1992 Technical White Paper:
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- SPARCcenter and SPARCserver Performance Brief
-
- Configuration SPECrate_int92
- ------------------------------------------
- SC2000 8way 8047
- SC2000 4way 4539
- SC2000 2way 2326
- SS600MP-140 4way 1847
- SS10-M41 1way 1263
- Sclassic Server 1way 4539
- SNI MX500-90/2 12way 4870
- HP 890/400 4way 4301
- HP 890/200 2way 2253
- HP 897S 1way 1857
- IBM 6000-980 1way 1404
- IBM 6000-970 1way 1117
- SGI Crimson R4K 1way 1383
- DECsystem 5900 1way 648
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-
- For specifics, please refer to the above-mentioned white paper. I think the
- SC2000 is due out in February.
-
- Bill
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