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- From: alan@sal.wisc.edu (Alan Watson)
- Subject: Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.143743.2517@sal.wisc.edu>
- Keywords: Alpha, AXP, SPEC, DEC
- Organization: Space Astronomy Lab, Madison WI
- References: <1992Nov10.153629.27510@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <martin.721554717@bert> <1992Nov12.101520.2828@crl.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 14:37:43 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1992Nov12.101520.2828@crl.dec.com> jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) writes:
- >In article <martin.721554717@bert>, martin@math.rwth-aachen.de ( Martin Schoenert) writes:
- >> [specs for US models]
- >>
- >> In front of me I have Digital Equiment Germany's announcement of the new
- >> systems for ``Forschung und Lehre'' (research and education). For one
- >> thing it doesn't mention the first three models at all. Also it gives
- >> the following numbers
- >>
- >> [specs for German models]
- >>
- >> Any idea why the numbers are smaller? (Is it because we are ``Forschung
- >> und Lehre'', or is it because we are in Germany, or what? ;-)
- >
- >The reason is simple: folks were working on the compilers and remeasuring SPEC results
- >up until the last possible moment before annoucement. Some earlier results
- >seem to have slipped through the cracks. Of course, we continue to work
- >on the compilers, and yet better results can be expected in the future :-).
- >Significant improvements were made in even the last week (and weekend) before
- >annoucement.
-
- Nah, the real reason is that European computers run 16% slower because
- European power arrives at 50 Hz, as opposed to 60 Hz over here.
-