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From: heiby@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Motorola Delta mips-ratings versus new MPC mips-ratings
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Date: 23 Mar 90 00:00:43 GMT
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Reply-To: heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby)
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My understanding is that the jump in MIPS is due to two factors.  One is
that a "better" (at least faster) compiler was used on the latest measurement.
The other is that the formula used to compute MIPS for the latest figures
is the same as the formula used by IBM in their recent announcements.
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com	Moderator: comp.newprod
"She fell there."  "A victim of Newton's Law, eh?"