Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!exodus-bb!khb From: khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - SPD Advanced Languages) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Killer Micro II Message-ID: Date: 28 Aug 90 20:40:30 GMT References: <527@llnl.LLNL.GOV> <603@array.UUCP> <2482@l.cc.purdue.edu> <2471@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun MegaSystems Lines: 15 In-reply-to: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM's message of 28 Aug 90 18:22:16 GMT In article <2471@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes: I hear from the applications support people that few of our Cray users are doing 128 bit. It does get used, but more as a reflection of... People are quite cost sensitive. If 128bit arithmetic is as cheap as 64-bit many will use it. If it is a factor of 2 slower, still a significant number use it. When it gets to be 100x slower, only those with serious desires employ it. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Keith H. Bierman kbierman@Eng.Sun.COM | khb@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM SMI 2550 Garcia 12-33 | (415 336 2648) Mountain View, CA 94043