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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Low End NeXTs (was Re: Desktop publishing)
Message-ID: <1991Apr7.064855.25469@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1991 06:48:55 GMT
References: <4753@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> <34936@athertn.Atherton.COM> <27fa3350.6bc2@petunia.CalPoly.EDU> <1991Apr03.232400.1560@kithrup.COM>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1991Apr03.232400.1560@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>Fact:  the current generation RISCs are almost invariably "faster" than the
>current generation CISCs.  Consider 68030 vs. R3000 (I believe those were
>about comparable).  Consider 68040 vs. R6000.  In both cases, the MIPS chip
>is "faster" (the SPECmarks are higher, by a considerable margin).

Or for a *really* straight comparison, due to John Mashey I think, compare
the i860 to the i486:  same tools, same process, same chip size, roughly
the same release time... and the RISC machine is faster, much faster, in
every way.
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