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From: rubin@cbnewsl.att.com (Mike Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 106 mip PC
Message-ID: <1990Jul24.212048.17058@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 24 Jul 90 21:20:48 GMT
References: <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Summit, NJ
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In article <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com> reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
>	rubin@cbnewsl.att.com (Mike Rubin) writes...
>>
>>I wouldn't doubt the 26 MIPS single-processor figure; it really does scream.
>>...
>>The 106-MIP rating is calculated, not observed.
>
>It seems hard for my tiny brain to fathom that the quad processor system
>runs *more than* 4 times faster than 4 individual processors (4x26=104
>MIPS).  If this is indeed true, we'll be seeing some interesting patents
>coming out of AT&T.

Alright, I admit... the single processor figure was supposed to be *26.5* mips.
AT&T has filed a patent on rounding-off of decimal places. :-)

--Mike