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From: jgy@cbnewsh.att.com (john.g.young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 106 mip PC
Message-ID: <1990Jul24.150138.7552@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 24 Jul 90 15:01:38 GMT
References: <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <13765@shlump.nac.dec.com>, reisert@ricks.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
> In article <12487@netcom.UUCP> jbreeden@netcom.uucp (John Breeden) writes:
> >
> >Does anyone know any details about AT&T's Starserver E? The lit I have 
> >says it's a true symmetrical, multiprocessor 33mhz 486 (4 processors).
> >They claim a MIP rating of 106MIPS (yea!, I know. That's faster than
> >a 3090!), and they are shipping it!
> 
> Then, in a followup, <1990Jul23.165921.28420@cbnewsl.att.com>,
> 	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.
> 
> jim
> 

The glossy that I have states 26.5 MIPS in the uni-processor
configuration. *4 = 106 MIPS.  As Mike stated thats calculated
(some might say simply!).