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From: maf@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Mark Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP 9000 s 700 questions ????
Message-ID: <7370353@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Mar 91 17:54:11 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.121715.25269@qut.edu.au>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>According to the press release and Mike Santangelo's post, the 50MHz
>Cobra clocks at 17 MFLOPS.  However, the benchmark ran on a 50MHz
>Cobra at the AFUU (the SSBA series) shows the machine at 13.7MFLOPS.

>Quite a difference - so what's the explanation?
>
>-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>Richard Wood     Corporate Worksystems Team      Digital Equipment Corp.
>========================================================================

The compiler. Units shipped before intro were equipped with version 
8.01. The newer 8.05 compilers provide improved floating point 
performance. This is clearly pointed out in the performance brief, and
both sets of numbers are listed.  

Mark Forsyth
Hewlett Packard Company
Fort Collins, Colorado