Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Zip-Chip/Rocket Chip Message-ID: <8910042021.aa03229@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 5 Oct 89 01:14:53 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 22 On Tue, 3 Oct 89 19:16:42 CDT you said: >Network Comment: to #712 by ST802148%BROWNVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu > >In benchmarking the two, I discovered that the Rocket Chip does a much more >thorough job of accelerating your computer. In fact, the 4 MHz Rocket Chip >darn near outperforms the 8 MHz Zip Chip. Doesn't the Rocket Chip have a considerably larger cache memory than the Zip Chip (8K to 5K?)? If so that would explain the performance difference. I take it that the 8Mhz Zip is a 'no wait state' processor (if it isn't -- because, for instance the cache memory is the same speed as the 4MHz Zip (?!) -- then the extra MHz means nothing). Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)