Richard_D_Levine@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I just got done comparing SPECMarks (on spec.org) between Sun's AMD entry > level servers versus similarly configured UltraSPARCs versus desktop AMD > based machines. Sun's AMD machines are twice as fast as their UItraSPARCs, > for approximately the same price. What a hoot. It's not surprising. The "interesting" efforts that Sun has been putting into CPUs lately have gone into the new "Niagara" thing which isn't going into low end UltraSPARCs. AMD has gotten a lot of the ex-Digital folk, and ex-Alpha technologies, and has been able to get that stuff into lower priced systems, from whence is what we can see... -- (format nil "~S@~S" "cbbrowne" "acm.org") http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/sap.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #78. "I will not tell my Legions of Terror "And he must be taken alive!" The command will be: ``And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical.''" <http://www.eviloverlord.com/> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
