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- From: brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune)
- Subject: Re: Alpha speed?
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:54:19 CST
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.185419.15565@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- In article <RICHARD.92Nov12152902@chemeng.stanford.edu> richard@chemeng.stanford.edu (Richard Schiek) writes:
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- >In all the technical blurbs for the new DEC Alpha chip, they call it a
- >300MHz chip. Yet, in all the new systems that DEC is shipping, the
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- I've seen it called a 300 MIPS chip, never 300MHz. Which blurb called it
- 300MHz?
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- >chip is running at 140 MHz max. Why is it called a 300MHz chip when
- >only 140 MHz systems are for sale? Is there a problem with getting
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- Only the desktop is below 140 MHz. The deskside and mainframe units were
- announced at speeds ranging from 150MHz to 200MHz, accordinfg to the specs
- on gatekeeper. Where are you getting your info?
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- Doug brune@luther.che.wisc.edu
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