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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Moto's data predicts 68040 performance well below 20 MIPS
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Date: 16 Jul 90 22:06:56 GMT
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In article <14900009@hpdmd48boi.hp.com> sritacco@hpdmd48boi.hp.com (Steve Ritacco) writes:
>Some machines SPEC numbers and MIPS ratings are almost the same.
>Remember that the VAX 11/780 has a SPEC mark of 1.

I would be tempted to conclude that the relationship of MIPS to
SPEC is not a linear one (for example MIPS ?= SPEC^2).  Might
this resolve the differences?

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