Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!deraadt From: deraadt@fsa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (deraadt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k,dg.sw Subject: Re: Data General Aviion 7000, 8000 Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 91 22:38:04 GMT References: <1991Mar14.183029.11714@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Mar16.151948.14745@dg-rtp.dg.com> <15515@june.cs.washington.edu> <1991Mar22.143552.16204@webo.dg.com> Distribution: comp Organization: UofC cpsc Lines: 19 In-Reply-To: lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com's message of 22 Mar 91 14:35:52 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: fsa In article <1991Mar22.143552.16204@webo.dg.com> lewine@cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald Lewine) writes: > A more meaningful metric is the SPEC benchmark. The AViiON gets > an overall SPECthrughput of 54. It does even better if you leave > out the double precision nuclear physics test. I've been eagerly awaiting a SPEC rating rather than just a SPECthruput. As I understand it, the SPECthruput is not just ncpu*SPEC, but some other contortion. Is DG afraid to give plain SPEC ratings, hiding behind SPECthruput? So, what's the 7k and 8k SPEC out at? Integer as well, please.