Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!turnkey!orchard.la.locus.com!fafnir.la.locus.com!carmen.la.locus.com!dlt From: dlt@locus.com (Dan Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: RISC Amiga Keywords: A RISC Mac? So what? Message-ID: Date: 31 Oct 90 23:28:34 GMT References: <1156@iceman.jcu.oz> <1990Oct30.173846.6928@idt.unit.no> <1990Oct31.012758.26467@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California Lines: 14 leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc) writes: >In fact, the R3000 achieves 1.27 clocks/SPEC integer. You can be sure this >is better than what the 68040 (certainly the FASTEST of the 68K line) can >achieve, because Motorola's predicted performance for the 68040 isn't evenb >that high. And Motorola's 'performance predictions' are claims that have yet >to be proven. I'd be careful about that. Numbers like 1.18 for integer on the '040 are showing up regularly. -- * Dan Taylor * The opinions expressed are my own, and in no way * * dlt@locus.com * reflect those of Locus Computing Corporation. *